Tutorials in Physics 303K: Fall 1999

• Tutorial Materials: Tutorials in Introductory Physics by Lillian C. McDermott, Peter S. Shaffer and the Physics Education Group, Department of Physics University of Washington, Prentice Hall, Inc. 1998. They are available at the University Co-op.
  • Tutorial session book
  • Totorial homework
• Tutorial Sessions and Homework. To be given in TA sessions
  • I. Week of Sep 5: (since Monday Sep 6 is a holiday, the Monday session will be on Sep 13). Kinematics: Acceleration in one dimension
  • II. Week of Sep 19. Forces. HW p23-26.
  • III. Week of Oct 3. Work and changes in kinetic energy.HW: p35-36
  • IV. Week of Oct 17. Conservation of momentum. HW: p39-40.
  • V. Week of Oct 31. Rotation: Rotational motion/Dynamics of rigid bodies: HW:p45-50.
  • VI. Week of Nov 14: Superposition and reflection of pulses: HW p97-101.
• Instructors/TAs preparation sessions:
  • Dr. Michael Marder (with assistance from his TA Matt Lane) will be in charge in the preparation sessions. Dr. Charles Chiu will also participate these sessions.
  • We request TAs to preview the material prior to each preparation session.
  • Dates: 1-2 pm on each Friday prior to the tutorial sessions in Dr. Marder's office. RLM 14. 212
    • I. Sep 3
    • II. Sep 17
    • III. Oct 1
    • IV. Oct 15.
    • V. Oct 29
    • VI. Nov 12
• Tutorial Homework: There will be Tutorial homework for each tutorial session.
  • Significant part of course grade: Tutorial homework will contribute a significant part of the course grade. Typically it contributes about one-half of the regular computerized homework. (See the grading policy of the inidividual 303K-instructors: Chiu, Kaplunovsky and Marder, for their allocations).
  • Tutorial homework grader:
    • Satoshi Hasegawa.
    • TA box: RLM 5th level near Undergraduate Coordinator's office (RLM 5.216.)
    • Email: hasegawa@mail.utexas.edu
  • Collection of the Tutorial homework: Tutorial homework will be due at 5pm on the following Tuesday after the tutorial session is completed. The tutorial homework must be properly stapled.
    • I. Sep14
    • II. Sep 28
    • III. Oct 12
    • IV. Oct 26.
    • V. Nov 9
    • VI. Nov 23
  • Tutorial homework solution: Solution will be prepared by Matt Lane. The grader will post it on the bulletin board outside of Pai 2.48 on Tuesday immediately after the collection of the tutorial homework.
  • No late tutorial homework will be accepted.
  • Graded tutorial homework: After the tutorial homework is graded, it will be returned to students using the "slot-distribution-system" located along the hallway near Pai 2.48 lecture hall. The graded tutorial homework will be filed alphebatically.
    • Dr. Chiu's class uses the MWF 3:00 column.
    • Dr. Kaplunosky's class uses the MWF 12 column
    • Dr. Marder's class uses the TTh 9:30 column.
• Tutorial materials and 303K-exams. About one-third of the exam will be based on the materials covered in the tutorial session booklet and the tutorial homework.
• Our action plan: Special thanks to Physics 303K students for your constructive criticisms and for your invaluable suggestions. We have met among 303K instructors, TAs, the tutorial homework grader and other faculty members of concerned and have put forth an action plan (10/18/99).. Below is a brief version of the plan.
  • We reaffirm that the mission of Physics 303K is to teach both the concepts of physics and to teach physics problem solving skills.
  • In order not to overburden students with too many homework problems, we will monitor the number of questions to be assigned in the regular homework sets.
  • We have formulated additional policies in grading the tutorial homework.
  • We recognize that the small group discussion format may not be suitable, at least for some tutorial sessions. We encourage TAs to be flexible to work with students. Each class should determine its own format which is appropriate for the sessions.
• Comments on Tutorial HW 6.