Daily reading assignment

For each class your reading assignment is to carefully read all of the textbook up to and including the last section covered in the previous class. It is also highly advisable to read a section or two beyond what was covered the previous class. The reading is essential for success in this class.

Daily exercises

For each class your exercise assignment is to do all the exercises in the textbook up to and including the last section covered in the previous class. It is helpful to check your work against the selected answers to exercises posted on the class web site. It is an absolute course requirement for you to do all homework each class without exception.

Your homework will constitute much of the "text" for the course, and the first thing we will do each day is review exercise answers which we will project on the front screen. For each exercise problem, a student will be selected to display her/his homework answer to the class. To aid overhead projection, follow these guidelines for homework:

• Use only white loose leaf paper (plain or lined).
• Use only a dark pen or dark #2 pencil.
• Draw all tree diagrams carefully and legibly.
• For longer diagrams that take up more than half the page, turn paper sideways (landscape orientation).

Homework exercises are intended as learning experiences, so there are never any penalties for wrong answers. However, missing or shoddy work is never acceptable. If, on any day, you have been unable to complete your homework, you need to notify the isntructor before class; a student who does not have the work when called upon will be required to meet with the instructor to review the student's homework notebook.