I am emailing a link of this to everyone on the class list every week. If you are not receiving these emails or want to have them sent to another email address feel free to email me at jpmccarthymaths@gmail.com and I will add you to the mailing list.

Assessment 1 Results

Have been emailed to you.

Assessment 2

Has been sent to you. Please read the instructions carefully — especially those regarding the various typos. The hand-up date is Monday 23 November.

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Assessment 3

Assessment 3 will be on the Wednesday of Week 9, 11 November 2015.

The following class groups will sit the assessment at 17:15 (arrive around 17:05):

  • DNET1, WEB1, DCOM1-A

The following group will sit the assessment at 18:15 (arrive around 18:05)

  • DCOM1-B

Keep an eye on your CIT Blackboard and email for the latest and definitive assessment information. Sections 1.6, 2.1 and 2.3 of the manual are going to be examined in Assessment 2.

Week 7

DCOM

We looked at equations.

WEB/DNET

We looked at equations.

Week 8

We will look at quadratic and simultaneous equations.

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Test 1 Results

Have been emailed to you.

Week 7

In Week 7 we finished off the first chapter and began the second chapter: on Integration.

Week 8

In Week 8 we will start evaluating some straightforward integrals using the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. Then we will look into anti-differentiation in more detail.

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Assessment 1 Results

Pending…

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Test 1 Results

Pending…

Week 6

In Week 6 we did some more max/min problems and even some applied examples.

Week 7

In Week 7 we will finish off the first chapter and begin the second chapter: on Integration.

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Assessment 2 Results

Pending….

Week 6

DCOM

We finished talking about statistics and then started the third chapter on algebra.

WEB/DNET

We finished talking about statistics and then started the third chapter on algebra.

Week 7

We will start talking about equations.

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Catch-up Tutorial

EE3 will miss a tutorial on Monday 26 October as that is a bank holiday. I will hold the following catch-up tutorial.

  • 16:00 EE3 Wednesday 21 October B214

Note there are no classes this Friday 23 October.

Assessment 1

These will be corrected this week but I probably won’t have the results until some time next week. I should have Assessment 2 ready for the end of next week.

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Test 1

The first 15% test will take place today 4 pm MONDAY 19 October in B263 (Week 6). You can find a sample in the course notes, after the section on rates of change I think. It is a test that could arguably take 42 minutes but I’ll give ye from 16.05 — 17.00. You will be given a copy of these tables. Don’t worry I’ll scribble out the “UCC”!

Note that the format will be the same of this.

  1. Differentiation from First Principles
  2. Tangent Lines
  3. Differentiate by Rule
  4. Differentiate by Rule
  5. Differentiate by Rule
  6. Rates of Change
  7. Rate of Change/ Geometry of Graph,

Week 5

In Week 5 we had a very quick review of the algebra-geometry duality and then spoke about applications of differentiation to rates of change and finding the maximum/minimum of a function.

Week 6

In Week 6 we will apply what we learned to optimisation problems. Note there are no classes on Friday.

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Assessment 2

Assessment 2 will be on the Wednesday of Week 6, 21 October 2015.

The following class groups will sit the assessment at 17:15 (arrive around 17:05):

  • DNET1, WEB1, DCOM1-A

The following group will sit the assessment at 18:15 (arrive around 18:05)

  • DCOM1-B

Keep an eye on your CIT Blackboard and email for the latest and definitive assessment information. Sections 1.6, 2.1 and 2.3 of the manual are going to be examined in Assessment 2.

Note that DNET1’s Wednesday tutorial will run from 15:00 sharp to 15:40 due to the assessment they have afterwards.

Assessment 1 Results

have been emailed to you.

Note that in terms of the four classes I have:

DCOM1-A, DCOM1-B, DNET1 & WEB1

The order of mean-average marks of each class matched precisely the reverse order of the mean-average of attendance warnings. In other words, ranking the classes by mean mark and by best attendance record we have in both cases:

DCOM1-B, DNET1, DCOM1-A and then WEB1

WEB1 certainly need to improve their attendance record.

Week 5

DCOM

We finished talking about trigonometry and spoke about average and deviation.

WEB/DNET

We finished talking about trigonometry and spoke about average.

Week 6

DCOM

We will finish off statistics and then start the third chapter on algebra.

 WEB/DNET

We will talk about deviation and then start the third chapter on algebra.

There are no classes on Friday.

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Catch-up Tutorials

CE3 will miss a tutorial on Friday 23 October as there are no classes that day. EE3 will miss a tutorial on Monday 26 October as that is a bank holiday. I will hold the following catch-up tutorials.

  • 16:00 CE3 Wednesday 14 October B214
  • 16:00 EE3 Wednesday 21 October B214

Assessment 1

Assessment 1 has been emailed to all of you. The hand in date in Friday 16 October. Work handed in late shall be assigned a mark of zero.

  • I want you to read the first page carefully. When you start getting down to actually doing the assignment, read the problems carefully
  • the purpose of this assignment is to help with your understanding of the material and hopefully this will end up with you being proficient in its use and able to do well in the final exam
  • you should start right now because you only have one week to complete the assignment. The hand in date is Friday 16 October.
  • yes you can ask me questions about the assignment before, after and sometimes during class (if ye are working on a problem). Also you can ask me questions via email.
  • if you are having problems using Microsoft Excel then you are to email me ASAP and arrange to visit me in my office. You will bring your work on a memory key and we will sort it out
  • The assignment is worth 15%. The question on the final paper will be worth 25% of the 70% — which is 17.5% — on offer on the final paper. Do a good job with this assignment and you should do well on Q.1 on the paper and you might just have 32.5% in the bag before we go onto more technical stuff.
  • MOST IMPORTANTLY — you are welcome to work together. All of you have different data so none of you will have the same answers. Therefore you cannot copy each other. The best way to learn is by teaching.
  • Work submitted after 15:00 on Friday 16 October will be assigned a mark of zero. Hand up whatever you have on time.

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