Friday, September 14, 2001

• President Bush has declared today as a national day of prayer and rememberance of the victims from Tuesday's attack on the nation.  Let's pause for a moment of silence.
• HW3b deadline has been extended until Monday (90% of class has already completed)

• problems worked in class are helpful, do more - will continue to do so
• how to prepare for the exam; what equations will be provided - see Exam 1
• difficulty knowing which formulas to use - study what each equation means
• concepts are not clear - study book, review using MC and CQ at end of chapter
• variables and subscripts are confusing - memorize
• difficulty visualizing and using vectors - practice
• I like WebAssign, it helps me keep up with the class - great!
• HW problems are more difficult than those in class - Exam problems are like those in class
• Real world problems are difficult - you should be working with other students to solve these
• having difficulties with lab analysis - contact your TA by email or office hours
• need more practice working problems - Student Study Guide, other textbooks
• difficulties estimating - practice and check
• difficulties with trigonometry - remember SOH-CAH-TOA
• when is the Tutorial Center open - see schedule on the door to Phillips 210
• it is difficult to see and hear from the back - move closer
• instructor's handwriting is difficult to read - I will try to correct that!

• Be sure to clearly define the variables you use, especially if you use a notation that is different than conventions used in class or textbook.
• Practice, practice, practice!

• Range is 1 to 18 hours per week
• 10% spend only 1 or 2 hours
• 70% spend 3 - 6 hours
• 15% spend 7 to 10 hours
• 5 % spend more than 10 hours

Today's class

Review HW3b problems

Answer questions and work on additional problems

Assignments:

• Read chapter 4 and complete HW4a