Day 7: Syllabus and the First Eight Problems

Day 7 marked the discussion of the syllabus and explaining just what the students are getting into. Going over rules and expectations is boring, but necessary. 

More importantly I distributed to the students the first eight problems for discussion. I hope that the students take the time over the weekend to attempt the problems. And a big THANK YOU to the math department at Phillips Exeter Academy for the curriculum -- I'm adding to it and modifying it for my purposes, but without their work, I wouldn't be doing this work this year.

The Plan for Tomorrow...

I'll collect the signed syllabus strip (here's hoping that the kiddos get-r-done), and hand out the group norms that the class developed, along with some group discussion expectations. I'll interrupt 'em a couple of times to assess how the discussions are going. The students will have their first time playing with using the personal white boards, so I'll watch for more art than math.

The one question I have yet to answer: when and how to give the answers to the problems. I'm gonna ask the students what they think on the issue...