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29 October - 2 November
Saturday, October 27, 2007
This is the second week containing parent-teacher conferences, and I have a project due in one of my grad classes and a midterm in the other. It's going to be a rough couple of days.
In algebra, having multiplied everything there is to multiply quite successfully, we'll turn this week to the topic of un-multiplying, known more widely as factoring. This is a good time, and as usual we'll want to be concerned not just with mastering the methods but also with developing a sensibility for which method is appropriate to which case.
Statistics accidentally created its own normal curve last week (funny how often that happens) and we'll be using it along with the notion of normalizing and z-scores to turn questions about amounts into questions about % of area under different parts of the curve. First, however, we need to do some more analysis to our survey data.
Students of the Week!
Last week, our most impressive performances were turned in by Steven Langelier, who turned in his second basically perfect assessment in a row, and Tony Bonnin, who has made some real strides toward success in the last week and a half. Good work, and keep it up.
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