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The information about the current topics, readings, and exercises for
which you are responsible will be posted on this page.
Please remember that the
only way in which to learn the material is to do the
readings and practice
exercises. The
readings and practice exercises document does not have any dates,
however, each section is listed, in general, in the order in which
the material will be covered throughout the semester. The
current topics, readings (text, PowerPoints, online), and corresponding
exercises for which you are responsible will be listed below each week. Once sections
and readings have been assigned, you are expected to read the sections
and to work on the corresponding/related practice exercises. You
MUST use the
MyMathLab as well. The resources on
MyMathLab
include preparation discussions,
PowerPoint slides, data files for the exercises, Statlets (applets for Statistics),
video lectures and other resources for each
chapter such as practice quizzes, practice tests, and hints and
similar exercises facilities for use when working on practice exercises.
Current Topics, Readings (text, PowerPoints, online),
and Exercises on which you should work during Week 1:
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Submit the requested contact information,
schedule information, and mathematics essay via Blackboard using the
Contact Information, Schedule
Information, and Mathematics Essay listings on the Assignment Turn-in
page. You must submit this information by 11:59 PM on
Friday, May 25, 2012; you may not submit these assignments before 12
AM on Wednesday, May 23, 2012.
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Respond to the student information email that will be sent to you;
this email will be sent on Thursday, May 24, 2012.
This email will be sent to the email address that you have listed
on Blackboard. It is your responsibility to make sure that
your email address on Blackboard is up-to-date so that you will
receive this email.
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Post to the three (3) Week 1 discussion forums on
Blackboard
by Sunday, May 27, 2012:
All original/mail postings must be made by 11:59 PM
on Thursday, May 24, 2012, and first and second responses must be
completed by 11: 59 PM on Sunday, May 27, 2012.
Please remember that, for each of these forums,
you must make an original posting, a first response to a unique
student's original post, and a second response (in reply to each
first response post to each of your original postings. While extra
first responses can be made, first responses must be posted so that
each student has a first response to her/his original posting; the
author of the original discussion posting must reply to each first
response posted in reply to her/his posting. Extra first responses
may only be posted after a first response has been posted to each
original posting. Please remember to be respectful of the members of
the class by following the rules of engagement: be respectful in
what you post and in how you reply as well as respectful of each
other's time.
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Review the forums that have been posted for future
use (Please note that some forums have a specific use.) You may
NOT post to forums that have not been listed above. Early postings
to other forums is not permitted and any such postings will be removed.
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Reminder: Quiz #1 (covering topics in Chapter 1 and
Chapter 2) information/access will be available on Blackboard from
12
AM on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 until 11:59 PM on Wednesday,
May 30, 2012.
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NOTE: Up-to-date email address are necessary
for course communication. If you have not done so, please update
your email address on
Blackboard and
myFramingham.
Please remember that
your questions are important to me, that I want to help you to do
well in the course, and that there is no such thing as a
stupid question.
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