Reading Assignments and Due Dates

Learing how to obtain information from a book or other written source, even when some of the material is over your head is an important skill to lear. Your reading assignments and the questions associated with them are to help you master this skill. Outlining will also help you master the skill of obtaining information from written sources!

You should expect to spend about 45 minutes on the reading assignment and filling out the associated question sheet. These sheets will be counted as a part of your course grade.

• Section 1.1 and 1.2 worksheet will be collected July 7, 2011, at the beginning of class.
• Read and practice the Integrals Worksheet for July 7, 2011 class.
• Read section 1.4 before our July 7, 2011 class.
• Read the Method of integrating factors supplement then read section 2.1 of your textbook, fill out the worksheet and bring this to class on Friday, July 8, 2011.
• Read section 2.2 of your textbook for Friday, July 8, 2011/Monday July 11, 2011.
• Read section 2.4 of your textbook for Monday, July 11, 2011 and answer the questions on this worksheet. Bring the worksheet to class on Monday, July 11, 2011. This may take a little extra time; this is not an easy section.
• Reread 2.4 and go over the worksheet for it again. This is difficult and important material; make this one good. It will be handed in on Tuesday, July 12, 2011.
• Read section 2.3 of your textbook for Tuesday, July 12, 2011. You will not be required to hand anything in from this sections on this day, but I suggest making an outline. Start reading section 2.5, concentrate on the parts indicated and asked about in this worksheet on section 2.5.
• You will hand in the worksheet for section 2.5 and make an outline of section 2.6 to hand in on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. At the end of the outline, please answer 1) What do you think you understand well from this section? 2) What questions do you have?
• Something from 2.5 or 2.6 or both will be handed in on Thursday, July 14, 2011. Meanwhile, start reading 3.1. I suggest making an outline but I will not collect it.
• Read 3.2 for Friday, July 15, 2011. Once again, I suggest making an outline. If this is collected, it will be on Monday.
• Read 3.3 for Monday, July 18, 2011, and make an outline. Bring it with to class.
• Read 3.4 for Tuesday, July 19, 2011 and make an outline. Bring it with to class. Start reading and outlining 3.6.
• Bring your outlines for 3.4 and 3.6 to class on Wednesday, July 20, 2011.
• With what time we have left this week, we will look at numerical solutions to ODE (section 1.3, 2.8) and how to get these with Matlab. There may be a worksheet on this due Thursday, July 21, 2011
• I hope to spend ~1/2 our class period on Thursday, July 21, 2011 answering whatever questions you have about the material on the exam. I will not be able to make a formal exam review; use your homework, quizzes and suggested homework for a guide as to what your exam will look like.
• Friday, July 22, 2011 Exam 1.
• Monday, July 25, 2011 please read and outline sections 4.1 and 4.2.
• Tuesday, July 25, 2011 We will finish going over section 4.2, please read and outline sections 4.3 and 4.4. Tuesday, walking into class, you should be able to answer the following questions for the equation
  ay'' + by' + cy = 0
  1. What is the characteristic equation? How do you find its roots?
  2. What is the fundamental solution to when there are two real roots that are different?
  3. What is the fundamental solution when there is a repeated root?
  4. What is the fundamental solution for complex roots?
• Wednesday, July 26, 2011 We will finish going over sections 4.3 and 4.4. I hope to start on 4.6 and 4.8.
• Thursday, July 27, 2011 Bring outlines of 4.6 and Paul's Online Math Notes on Variation of Parameters to class; there may be an in class "outline check".
• Friday, July 28, 2011 We start on Chapter 5. Read and outline sections 5.1 and 5.2.
• Monday, August 1, 2011 If you haven't already read and outline section 5.2, and start on section 5.3.
• Tuesday, August 2, 2011 Bring outlines for sections 5.3 and 5.4 to class. Start working on Section 5.5. Expect an "outline check" this day.
• Wednesday, August 3, 2011 Read and bring an outline for section 5.5 to class. Start reading and outlining sections 5.6 and 5.7. In all likelihood, section 5.6 or 5.7 will be the last one covered on Friday's exam.
• Thursday, August 4, 2011 We will use the first 45 minutes of class time for sections 5.5-5.7. The last 50 or so minutes of class, I will answer whatever questions you have before the exam.
• Exam 2 is on Friday August 5, 2011 It is over sections 4.1-4.4, 4.6, 4.8, 5.1 - 5.5 up to the Unit Step Function. Periodic functions will not be covered on this exam.
• Monday, August 8, 2011 We will finish up sections 5.7 and 5.8. Whatever was not on the exam will be on a quiz due August 9.

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