ISC 4932 Honors Writing in Math Sciences
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Thursday, April 12, 2007 at 13:29
Announcements
- You can pick up your corrected drafts from my box.
- Office hours (tentative): MW 3:30-6, F 10-11;
by appointment only: F 3-5.
- Bookmark this page and read it every evening after class (after 6 pm).
Reading Assignment
Make notes as you read and be ready to discuss them next class.
Writing Assignment
Print every paper and bring it to next class.
In addition, save each paper as a plain Text File (if you wrote it in MS Word or other special-format word processor), and upload it to the course space on MyFAU (log in to MyFAU, navigate to My Courses, then to ISC 4932, click Files in the left pane, click the folder for the assignment, click Add new file to Folder, Browse to your local file, and finally click Add). Let's adopt the following naming convention for file uploads: name your file something like alex-my-writ.txt.
Papers with mathematics content should be typed in LaTeX,
\documentstyle[12pt]{article}.
Upload only the LaTeX source and DVI files
(for example, linda-intro.tex and linda-intro.dvi).
- Write a personal statement about your own writing and this class. Tell us how your writing and presenting has changed since the beginning of the semester, what part of writing still gives you trouble and how you plan to cope with it. Be specific about the changes in your writing and the reasons for them. For example, don't just say vaguely that this class has improved your writing and presenting (if it has, at all); say what is different now and what feature of the class made it different. If the class hasn't change the way you write, explain how you plan to improve your writing in the future. Be honest.
Finally, suggest ways in which the course could be improved.
Due date: last class (Wed, 4/25).
- As you know, the
Honors College Symposium
will be held this Friday, 4/13.
Attend at least 5 talks and view at least 5 posters
(check the schedule).
Write a report about your findings, as specified below.
Complete your report over the weekend (while your impressions are fresh)
and submit it for grading next time (Wed, 4/18).
- Report on talks. Describe briefly 3 talks: the best, the worst, and the most intriguing, in your opinion (in the rare case when the best happens to be the most interesting, say so explicitly in your report).
For each talk, summarize its content in 1-2 paragraphs and comment on the presentation style. As usual, mention at least one good and at least one bad feature.
Ask questions at the presentation; write down each question and each answer in your rewort.
- Report on posters. Select 3 posters that could be improved (most of them can be greatly improved) and suggest improvements, including a better title for each poster.
Describe briefly the content of each poster.
Attend the poster session and ask questions.
Summarize the answers in your report.
Catch-up Assignment
- Review sections of your choice from [H] and [G].
- Email me (as plain text, no attachments) your comments on the presentations
by Friday, 4/6 (while your memory is fresh).
For each presentation you can point out as many positive and negative features, but at least one of each. Quoting sections and pages from our textbooks would be a plus.
After I receive the comments from all of you,
I will assemble and send them (with critics' names removed) to each presenter.
- If you haven't done so already, submit and upload your article critique (see the catch-up section below) as soon as possible (it was due today).
- Talks
- Posters
- Other good stuff at the
home page for our main text [H],
maintained by N. Higham
(some links are broken).
- Complete all previous assignments.
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