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Course Policies

Description of Semester-Long Project

Peer Review Forms

• Presentation
• Paper

Some Helpful Links

• A Guide To Writing An Abstract, aimed (I think) at undergraduates -- certainly, at students.
• Advice on Giving a Good PowerPoint Presentation, a brief article by Joe Gallian, aimed at undergraduates
• How To Give A Good 20 Minute Math Talk, aimed at graduate students speaking at conferences, but still has some helpful hints
• Technically Speaking, a series of brief videos from Denison, aimed at undergraduates
• Special Aspects of Writing Mathematics, a substantial article by Stephen Maurer. Aimed at undergraduates. The actual guide begins on page 3. While originally written for Calculus students, it appears to generalize very well.
• A Guide to Writing in Mathematics Classes, this is my version of a fairly common guide to more expository writing in Calculus classes. While it is tied into the checklist I use for that class, and is aimed at more casual writing, it may still have some useful nuggets.

Some Important Dates

• Monday 2/1: Class in the Woolley Room; start looking for first article for project
• Wednesday 2/6: Article for project selected (e-mail me the pdf file)
• Friday 3/23: Outline of Paper due
• Wednesday 4/4: Outline of Presentation due
• Friday 4/16: Rough Draft of Paper due, 3:30pm
• Monday 4/9, Wednesday 4/11 - meet with me about presentation
• 4/9-4/15: Prepare Presentation. Give, receive reviews of practice talk(s).
• Friday 4/13: Abstract of Presentation due, 3:30pm (e-mail it to me)
• Monday 4/16: Feedback due -- peer-reviewed presentation(s)
• Monday 4/16, Wednesday 4/18, and Monday 4/23: practice presentations in class
• Monday 4/23: 2nd Draft of Paper due for peer review.
• 4/23, 4/30: Final Presentations, 3:30-5:30
• Wednesday 5/2: Feedback due, Peer-Reviewed Paper (You will discuss them in class)
• Monday 5/7 : Final Paper due, 5pm (Give me a hard-copy and e-mail it to me. .pdf file if possible; .docx if not)

Janice Sklensky
Wheaton College
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Science Center, Room 1306
Norton, Massachusetts 02766-0930
TEL (508) 286-3973
FAX (508) 285-8278
jsklensk@wheatonma.edu