WEEKLY STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES

This year we are repeating the successful format of last year's 8.01. The absence of lectures to introduce material means that you (and the staff) have different responsibilities than in a traditional course. The central idea is to learn a little each night and reinforce it in class the next day, rather than work 6 hours the night before the homework is due. The Sunday through Tuesday night assignments are designed to take around two hours.

Here is the Standard Week:

Sunday
The material of this week is assigned in CyberTutor and reading will be in Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Giancoli. Do the CyberTutor assignment that introduces the week's topics. It will often have some tutorial type problems on it.

Monday
Be prepared to ask questions about the week's topics and the CyberTutor problems in class. This is the time to nail down your understanding of the basic concepts. In the evening, do the second CyberTutor assignment if you didn't finish it on Sunday night.

Tuesday
Ask questions about the second CyberTutor assignment, and written homework in class. The written homework must be mostly done in the evening.

Wednesday
This is your final class of the week, it should have some review component. The Group Problem will be discussed and solved by assigned groups of two or three students. Written homework is due in room 4-339B at 4:30PM.

Thursday
Be sure to look at the homework solutions (available in 4-339B after 10 AM, or on the course web site). Open tutorial is for all students with questions is in Room 26-310 from 3 to 7 PM. You are required to go if your last weekly test was not passing. Write out the whole test correctly and show your solutions to the tutor when you arrive at the tutorial. Attend tutorial if you are informed that this is required for you. If you haven't done so earlier, this would be a good evening to do the Practice and Review Problems on CyberTutor.

Friday 10 AM
Ask final questions and take the Weekly Test in 4-270.

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