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GENG0001 MATHEMATICS A

Join Mathematics lectures and workshops by Vesna Perišić to learn new concepts illustrated by examples. Get peer support for math problems and feedback on your progress. Access teaching resources and syllabus for Mathematics A exam.

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GENG0001 MATHEMATICS A

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  1. GENG0001 MATHEMATICS A Lecturer: Vesna Perišić Building 54, Room 7027, Tel. 25127 e-mail V.Perisic@soton.ac.uk

  2. Teaching organisation 1. Lectures - VP – 3 lectures per week; - learn new concepts illustrated by a simple examples

  3. 2. Workshops There are 3 workshops per week: • run by postgraduate students (6 groups, each group run by 2 PGs) • work on problem sheets (with added results) • tests and the role of the tests

  4. 6 Workshop groups • Group 1: Michael Hogg & Prathiban Sureshkumar • Group 2: Truc Van Nguyen & Siavash Mirahmadi • Group 3: Taha Ben Masaud & Sana Rashid • Group 4: Aliza Abd Rahmin N.A.B. & Powee Kucita • Group 5: Michal Kalkowski & Nada Al Bunni • Group 6: Keith Pham & Jian Guo

  5. 3. Math Support - run by Maria Koeck

  6. Peer Support – quotes from the students • I did benefit from the peer support. I felt that teaching topics to others helped to reinforce the topics in my head. • I feel I did benefit because I gained friends from it. It may have contributed to ‘The Base Room’ being a study area rather then a wholly social one. I admired the patience of some of the helpers.

  7. The peer support sessions were a great help. • Facebook is a powerful aid in these circumstances… • Peer support has certainly had benefits for both those helping and getting help, and it is definitely a worthwhile endeavour. However, I think that those who made it work where probably the people who would have been getting together to study anyway. If you were able to find a way to extend it to a wider audience then I think it would be a great addition to the course.

  8. Feedback on your progress • What is feedback? - Implicit feedback- Tests as feedback - Explicit feedback • What kind of feedback would you like to get?

  9. Problems !!!! Deal with them on time.

  10. Assessment 100% Closed Book Exam (2 hours)

  11. Teaching Resources • Lecture Notes (Blackboard) • Book: Anthony Croft and Robert Davison: Mathematics for Engineers (MyMathLab Global) • http://www.mathcentre.ac.uk • Facebook?

  12. Syllabus • Solving Linear simultaneous equations by substitution and elimination • Factorisation, Solving quadratic equations by factorisation, Solving quadratic equations by formula • Simultaneous equations with one linear equation and one quadratic equation • Inequalities • Indices, Logarithms, logarithmic function, Indicial Equations • The exponential function

  13. Syllabus-cont. • Polynomials and factorisation (Long division) • The remainder theorem • APs and GPs • Partial Fractions • The Binomial Theorem • Matrices and Determinants • Solution of simultaneous equations by matrices and determinants

  14. Syllabus –cont. • Radians, arc length and the area of a sector • Basic trig functions and their graphs • Simple trigonometric identities, Polar and rectangular co-ordinates, Parametric representation • Sine and cosine rules, Compound and Multiple angles • Revision (Week 12-last teaching week)

  15. MATHS A EXAM (January)

  16. Questions?

  17. Thanks!

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