Course syllabus
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- Tuesday, January 17, 2017:
- During class:
- Thursday, January 19, 2017:
- Before class:
- Install the latest version of Mathematica on your computer
- Hands-on Start to Mathematica
- Read: Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 through section 2.6
- During class:
- Work on Problem Benchmark 1: Exercises in sections 2.2-2.6
- Concepts Survey
- Before class:
- Tuesday, January 24, 2017:
- Thursday, January 26, 2017:
- Before class:
- Complete Problem Benchmark 2
- Read: Chapter 2 through end
- During class:
- Work on Problem Benchmark 3: Exercises in sections 2.11-2.13, and Problems 2 and 3 (found at end of chapter) in Chapter 2
- After class:
- Team Evaluation due by 10 PM
- Before class:
- Tuesday, January 31, 2017:
- Before class:
- Complete Problem Benchmark 3
- Read: Chapter 3 through section 3.4
- During class:
- Work on Problem Benchmark 4: Problems 1 and 2 in Chapter 3
- Attitudes Survey
- Personality Survey
- Before class:
- Thursday, February 2, 2017:
- Before class:
- Complete Problem Benchmark 4
- Read: Chapter 3 through end
- During class:
- Work on Problem Benchmark 5: Problems 3 and 4 in Chapter 3
- After class:
- Team Evaluation due by 10 PM
- Before class:
- Tuesday, February 7, 2017:
- Thursday, February 9, 2017:
- Before class:
- Complete Problem Benchmark 6
- Read: Chapter 4 through section 4.4
- During class:
- Work on Problem Benchmark 7: Problems 1 and 2 in Chapter 4
- After class:
- Team Evaluation due by 10 PM
- Before class:
- Tuesday, February 14, 2017:
- Thursday, February 16, 2017:
- Before class:
- Complete Problem Benchmark 8
- Read: Chapter 4 through end
- During class:
- Work on Problem Benchmark 9: Problem 4 in Chapter 4
- After class:
- Team Evaluation due by 10 PM
- Before class:
- Tuesday, February 21, 2017:
- Thursday, February 23, 2017:
- Before class:
- Complete Problem Benchmark 10
- Read: Chapter 5 through end
- During class:
- Work on Problem Benchmark 11: Problem 2 in Chapter 5
- After class:
- Team Evaluation due by 10 PM
- Before class:
- Tuesday, February 28, 2017:
- Thursday, March 2, 2017:
- Before class:
- Select a published model to reproduce by 12:45 PM
- Selected Published Paper Rubric due by 12:45 PM
- Complete Problem Benchmark 12
- Read: Chapter 6 through end
- During class:
- Work on Problem Benchmark 13: Problem 1, parts c-g, and Problem 2 in Chapter 6
- After class:
- Team Evaluation due by 10 PM
- Before class:
- Tuesday, March 7, 2017:
- Before class:
- Term paper proposal due by 12:45 PM
- Term Paper Proposal Rubric due by 12:45 PM
- Correctly answer all questions in the Hypothesis Quiz by 12:45 PM
- Complete Problem Benchmark 13
- Read: Chapter 7 through section 7.8
- During class:
- Work on Problem Benchmark 14: Problem 1, parts a-e, in Chapter 7
- Before class:
- Thursday, March 9, 2017:
- Before class:
- Provide comments on other students' Term Paper Proposals by 12:45 PM
- Complete Problem Benchmark 14
- Read: Chapter 7 through end
- During class:
- Work on Problem Benchmark 15: Problem 1, parts f-g, and Problem 2 in Chapter 7
- Attitudes Survey
- Concepts Survey
- After class:
- Team Evaluation due by 10 PM
- Before class:
- Tuesday, March 14, 2017: Spring Break
- Thursday, March 16, 2017: Spring Break
- Tuesday, March 21, 2017:
- Before class:
- Submit Model Plan for model reconstruction by 12:45 PM
- Model Plan Rubric due by 12:45 PM
- Complete Problem Benchmark 15
- Read: Chapter 11 through end
- Final deadline for providing helpful extra credit comments on chapters of the textbook
- During class:
- Clear verbal descriptions of equations and model
- Before class:
- Thursday, March 23, 2017:
- During class:
- Replicate simple components of model (e.g., single uncoupled equations)
- After class:
- Team Evaluation due by 10 PM
- During class:
- Tuesday, March 28, 2017:
- Before class:
- Term Paper Benchmark I: Introduction due by 12:45 PM
- Term Paper Introduction Rubric due by 12:45 PM
- During class:
- Replicate simple components of model
- Before class:
- Thursday, March 30, 2017:
- During class:
- Construction of full model
- After class:
- Team Evaluation due by 10 PM
- During class:
- Tuesday, April 4, 2017:
- Before class:
- Term Paper Benchmark II: Model Description due by 12:45 PM
- Term Paper Model Description Rubric due by 12:45 PM
- Comments on other students' Introduction sections due by 12:45 PM
- During class:
- Construction of full model
- Before class:
- Thursday, April 6, 2017:
- During class:
- Construction of full model
- After class:
- Team Evaluation due by 10 PM
- During class:
- Tuesday, April 11, 2017:
- During class:
- Model validation: replicate figures or other results from original paper
- During class:
- Thursday, April 13, 2017:
- During class:
- Model validation: replicate figures or other results from original paper
- After class:
- Team Evaluation due by 10 PM
- During class:
- Tuesday, April 18, 2017:
- Before class:
- Term Paper Benchmark III: Results due by 12:45 PM
- Term Paper Results Rubric due by 12:45 PM
- Comments on other students' Model Description sections due by 12:45 PM
- During class:
- Model extensions: modify model to test additional hypotheses
- Before class:
- Thursday, April 20, 2017:
- During class:
- Model extensions
- After class:
- Team Evaluation due by 10 PM
- During class:
- Tuesday, April 25, 2017:
- Before class:
- Term Paper Benchmark IV: Discussion due by 12:45 PM
- Term Paper Discussion Rubric due by 12:45 PM
- Comments on other students' Results section due by 12:45 PM
- During class:
- Before class:
- Thursday, April 27, 2017:
- Before class:
- Comments on other students' Discussion sections due by 12:45 PM (extra credit)
- During class:
- After class:
- Fill out certification that course evaluation form has been completed (extra credit)
- Team Evaluation due by 10 PM
- Before class:
- Sunday, April 30, 2017:
- Comments on other students' term papers due by 5 PM (extra credit)
- Monday, May 1, 2017:
- Final Term paper due by 5 PM
- Final Term Paper Rubric due by 5 PM
