Lecture

MW 9-10, 10-11 in 170 Dennison

Lectures are intended as overview guides, including illustration with demonstrations. Lectures are not intended to introduce you to the material for the first time, as you should be doing the reading in advance. Nor can they be completely comprehensive. There will be material covered on exams and homework which is not covered in lecture.

So how can you "participate" in a large lecture class?

During the course of each lecture, there will be 1 to 5 short, mostly conceptual questions ("ConcepTests") that relate to the material under discussion. After reflecting on the question for a short while by yourself, you will key in a response using a handheld electronic response unit. Feel free to discuss the same question with your neighbors, and reply again if you like. You will be learning from your peers. In fact, you may find that a neighbor who has just "gotten it" can express the key ideas to you in a better way than the "expert" professor.

The response system is called Quizdom and is being adopted College wide. You get your own handheld device at Computer Showcase and take it from class to class. See http://sitemaker.umich.edu/iss_instruction/student_support for more details.

Points are assigned as follows:

• A correct response is worth 3 points.

• An incorrect response is worth 2 points.

• A non-response is worth 0 points.

• If you answer the same question more than once, only the last response will count.

• Your lowest 4 lecture participation scores will be dropped.