Spring 2005
Math 597
Teaching Seminar - Presentation Schedule

      Date       
Jan 18 Discussion about teaching: good teaching according to us
Visit a discussion sections the week of Jan 24-28. Take notes of positives and negatives (use evaluation form). Bring these notes to class the week of Jan 31 - Feb 4 where we will discuss our observations. You can find the TA schedule at the course listing webpage.
Jan 20  
Tue Jan 25 Limits: Haley Abel, Joseph Bohanon, Robert Brieler
Wed Jan 26 Limits: Jonathan Browder, Scott Cook, Michael Deutsch
Fri Jan 28 Derivatives: Jim Gill, Emily Ronshausen, Xiao Huang
Mon Jan 31 Discussion about TA sections that were observed.
Derivatives: Chunlin Fan, Yajun Wang
Wed Feb 2 Derivatives: Robert Houska, Xiaoqiong Yu, Nicholas Sedlock
Fri Feb 4 Webwork presentation
Mon Feb 7 TA: Emily Ronshausen, Xiao Huang, Robert Brieler, Jonathan Browder, Yajun Wang, Jim Gill
Helper(s): Aaron
Find a TA section to observe. Email with what you observed. (Course schedule)
Prepare a tex document! Here are the instructions: tex.pdf.
Here is the document you are to copy: tex-example.pdf.
Due: Friday, Feb 18 (email me your tex file!)
Wed Feb 9 TA: Haley Abel, Chunlin Fan, Robert Houska, Michael Deutsch, Xiaoqiong Yu, Joseph Bohanon
Helpers: Wei Zhu and Paul Koester
Thurs Feb 10 Guest speaker: Guido Weiss
Room 199
Mon Feb 14 Discussion about group work.
Wed Feb 16 Case Study: Pairing Up
Fri Feb 18 No Class
Mon Feb 21 Presentations (video): Nic, Emma, Julie.
Commentators: Joe, Rob, Rob, Emily, Jonathan
Homework for presenters: Watch your video, email me a self-critique as well as a response to comments from your classmates.
Wed Feb 23 Guest: Lisa Kuehne. PLTL demonstration.
Fri Feb 25 Presentations (video): June, Mike, Chunlin.
Commentators: Jim, Scott, Haley, Emma, Julie.
Homework for presenters: Watch your video, email me a self-critique as well as a response to comments from your classmates.
Mon Feb 28 Presentations (video): Haley, Joe, Rob H.
Commentators: Rob B, Xiaoqiong, Nic, Chunlin, Julie
Homework for presenters: Watch your video, email me a self-critique as well as a response to comments from your classmates.
Wed Mar 2 Guest, Gina Frey: Learning Styles.
Fri Mar 4 Presentations (video): Scott, Jim, Emily
Commentators: Jonathan, Mike, Chunlin, Emma, Haley
Homework for presenters: Watch your video, email me a self-critique as well as a response to comments from your classmates.
Mon Mar 7 Spring Break
Wed Mar 9 Spring Break
Fri Mar 11 Spring Break
Mon Mar 14 Presentations (video): Rob B, Zemin, Jonathan
Commentators: Everyone else!
Homework for presenters: Watch your video, email me a self-critique as well as a response to comments from your classmates.
Wed Mar 16 Discussion about student involvement: involve1.pdf
Fri Mar 18 No Class
Mon Mar 21 More on student involvement: involve2.pdf
Wed Mar 23 More on student involvement: involve3.pdf
Fri Mar 25 More on student involvement: involve4.pdf
Mon Mar 28 Grading
Wed Mar 30 Grading: case study 4
Fri Apr 1 No Class
Mon Apr 4 Presenting Mathematics: blakes_teaching.pdf math1.pdf
Wed Apr 6 Guest, Gina Frey: Teaching strategies and styles: lecture and discussion
Fri Apr 8 Graduate School Q/A
Mon Apr 11 Presenting Mathematics: Case study 3, the fundamental theorem
Wed Apr 13 math2.pdf
Fri Apr 15 math3.pdf: Unknown material?
Mon Apr 18 Wrap up,   Wrap up responses
Wed Apr 20 math4.pdf: Coming up with examples
Fri Apr 22
Mon Apr 25 No Class - Mentoring Week of May 2-6
Wed Apr 27 No Class - Mentoring Week of May 2-6
Fri Apr 29 No Class - Mentoring Week of May 2-6