This is the syllabus for Ma 114: Laboratory Calculus II. If you are unfamiliar with the Laboratory Calculus program here at UK please read this syllabus especially carefully. If you are familiar with the program you should read this just the same as there are some changes between Calculus I and Calculus II. Laboratory Calculus differs from the conventional calculus sections in some very important ways. Among these are:

• It meets for three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week and carries a mandatory hour of (pass-fail) credit for the laboratory work in addition to the four hours credit for the calculus course.
• Laboratory calculus students take their own set of examinations, not the uniform departmental calculus examinations. The schedule for the tests however is the same as that listed in the course schedule book. Exams will be in the evenings on these dates, so plan your schedule accordingly.
• The examinations themselves are not conventional (see details further on).
• Warning on prerequisites: You should not be taking Ma 114 unless you made at least a C in Ma 113 (or the equivalent). If you wish to discuss this, please come and see me (Carl Eberhart) or send an email.

1. Teacher
• Carl Eberhart, 759 POT, ph 257-1258, carl@ms.uky.edu
• Office Hours: 11-12 and 2-3 MWF, or by appointment.
2. Senior TA
• Paul Zoski, POT 718, 257-6806, pjz1@ms.uky.ed
• Office Hours: TBA
3. Graduate Teaching Assistants:
• Ben Childers, 902 Pot, 257-7216
• Office Hours: TBA
• Karen Heavin, 706 Pot
• Office Hours: TBA

1. Text: Calculus from Graphical, Numerical, and Symbolic Points of View - Volume 2. Ostebee, A. and Zorn, P.. Saunders College Publishing. 1995.
   
2. Lectures: The lectures will concentrate on mathematics with a goal of helping the student understand the essential concepts and logical structure of calculus. They will include serious discussions of the underlying analytic principles and how they are derived from basic assumptions.
   
3. Homework will be assigned essentially every class day and will be due the next lecture, unless otherwise specified.
   
• Homework must be submitted when due, in person, on by 11, three-hole punched sheets.
• Submitted problems must contain the complete (or equivalent) statement of the problem and a reference to its location in the text or handout, followed by a solution.
• If you miss class due to an excused absence your homework may be submitted at the next class meeting.
• Homework which is forgotten can be brought to the instructors' office within a few hours if arrangements are made after class.
• DO NOT turn in someone else's homework or ask someone to do so for you. You MUST attend lecture and submit your OWN work.

Your final grade (see below) can be influenced by the number of homework and lab problems properly submitted. It is not expected or even recommended that students do all of the homework by themselves. Students are encouraged to work together on the homework. However when a solution is a joint effort, a notation of the type ``Worked with John Smith and Jane Clark'' should appear on each such problem. In such cases the similarity of the solutions will not bother the grader and the person submitting the problem, John, and Jane will all get credit for the problem. However, submitting a copy of someone else's work and representing it as your own is plagiarism and can result in expulsion from The University.

4. Tests: There will be four examinations: two skills tests, a midterm, and a final examination. The midterm and final are similar to traditional examinations but will place most of their emphasis on understanding of principles and applications. They will primarily consist of long-answer or discussion questions.

The skills examinations are very traditional in form but less traditional in the way they are graded. Skills examinations concentrate on calculations.

• Skills tests DO NOT include explanations of `concepts', definitions, or in depth calculations.
• A skills test may be retaken twice if necessary. Students who are making progress may be allowed to take an additional exam at the discretion of the instructors.
• The only grades given on skills tests are: 0, 50, and 100.
• Scores of 90-100 earn a 100
• Scores of 50-89 earn a 50
• Scores of 0-49 earn a 0

Credit for a passing score on a skills exam is reduced by 10 points with each repetition. The minimum passing score is not reduced.

In the past about one third of the students have passed (i.e. made 90% or better) on each skills exam.

• Skills tests problems are similar to homework and laboratory exercises. They generally cover routine calculations, properties, and techniques directly taught or required to do the course problems up to the time of the exam. This means that repetitions of a skills exam may contain additional material as well as less credit.

Skills tests are EASY. They are designed with the expectation that a properly prepared, average student will score a 90% in three tries. Raw scores on them are not comparable to those on `Traditional' calculus exams and no consideration will be given to requests for credit at the numerical level of a non-passing score. It is a VERY BAD STRATEGY to take the first skills test lightly because of the opportunity to take it again.

The skills tests and midterm are (approximately) one hour exams. However in order to limit the effect of time pressure these exams will be given on Tuesday evenings for two hours (7:30-9:30pm). You need to make these times available for testing. The final examination is a two hour exam given during the time period announced in the schedule of classes. The examination schedule is:

1. First Skills Exam: February 11, 7:30 - 9:30 pm
2. Midterm Exam: March 11, 7:30 - 9:30 pm
3. Second Skills Exam: April 15, 7:30 - 9:30 pm
4. Final Exam: May 6, 10:30 am -12:30 pm

Repetitions of skills exams will also be given on Tuesday evenings (7:30 - 9:30pm) in the two weeks immediately following the dates above for each skills exam. If you do not pass on the first try you will also need to make these times available.

5. Laboratory: Students will meet in laboratory sections three hours per week under the supervision of a Teaching Assistant. Laboratory work will typically be done in groups of three students. Each group will have the use of a graphics workstation. In the lab, students work in groups on prepared worksheets. The worksheets contain problems emphasizing both ``skills'' and ``concepts''. There will probably be more problems on the worksheet than you can do in the lab time. Your TA will tell you which problems you should be doing in lab. After each lab, the TA will review and check the lab problems and return the worksheet to the group at the next session. At that time they will continue to work on that sheet or receive another. For most labs you will be given one week of lab meetings (2 or 3 depending on days) to complete a lab although there are some labs designed for a single lab period. Your homework class homework assignments will also be made from the lab sheets (many of these will simply refer to problems in the text). You will need to work on these outside of class. Your TA will ask for certain of these to be turned in with your lab work. Your participation in group work and your progress will comprise about half of the lab component of your grade (explained further on).
6. Laboratory Attendance is a MANDATORY Component of the Course: Enrollment in this course is a commitment to attend and participate in the laboratory. Students who wish to can receive an additional hour of pass/fail university credit for their laboratory work by registering for MA194. Your registration in this extra one credit course is NOT HANDLED AUTOMATICALLY. Your TA AND your instructor will remind you during the first week of class of which section of MA194 you should be in. It is your responsibility to make sure that you are properly registered.

A further remark on laboratory participation: Although the lab seeks to promote group study and to integrate both technology and writing into the study of calculus, experience shows that students need to see a direct connection between every consequential course activity and their final grade. In addition to the Lab Component of the Final Grade students should view the time spent in Laboratory as time is being spent:

1. Learning how to do the problems.
2. Studying for the midterm and final exams.
3. Studying for the skills exams.

Time spent working in lab will usually be much more efficient than studying at home since there will be many more resources at your disposal in the lab.

7. Laboratory Projects: Two times during the semester the class will work on lab `projects.' These will take the form of problems requiring a substantial amount of effort/interpretation. The problems will be discussed in laboratory sessions and students will work in groups to analyze, solve, and write a report on the problem. Laboratory projects will generally require work outside of class and will be graded with all members of a group receiving the common grade. (Note that each group member must do their fair share to receive the groups grade, otherwise they will recieve a grade of 0.

Grades/Credit:

1. Students receive 4 semester hrs credit for the lecture and 1 semester hour of pass/fail credit for the lab.
2. The lecture grade is based on homework plus four tests.
1. 15% of the student's grade is determined by his her grade on each of two skills tests. (30% total) .
2. 25% of the student's grade is determined by his/her grade on the lecture midterm
3. 25% of the final grade is determined by the student's grade on the final examination
4. 20% of the student's final grade is based on work in the laboratory sessions. Probably, about half from lab projects and half from class participation. Your TA will clarify the criterion and grading method.

Letter grades are assigned to final average scores as follows: 93 or higher A, 90 or higher A-,
87 or higher B+, 83 or higher B, 80 or higher B-, 77 or higher C+, 73 or higher C, 70 or higher
C-, 67 or higher D+, 63 or higher D, 60 or higher D-, less than 60 E.

In fall 1996 the grades in Ma114 were approximately 20% A, 20% B, and 25% C. Approximately 10% failed.

3. The grade of pass or fail in the laboratory will be determined by attendance and satisfactory participation. Excused laboratory absences must be made up. In laboratory, a single unexcused absence or an excused absence which is not made up will result in a failing laboratory grade (the one credit portion). You will also need to continue attending the remaining labs as they are the basis for a significant amount of your grade. Hence it is a real waste to miss a class and lose your extra credit. The pass rate for MA194 in Fall 1996 was over 98%

How doing homework/labwork problems affects your grade:

Records will keep records of all lab/homework problems that are properly submitted (on time and correct format). On each skills test, a student can get a Bonus of 2 points if they have properly submitted ALL of the homework (in class and lab) taken up to that date or a Bonus of 1 point if they have at least 66% of the assigned homework properly completed. These Bonuses may seem small, but in Fall 1996 approximately 1/5 of the passing scores on skills tests were been 88's or 89's that passed only with this Bonus.