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MA 1024 Lab Report Information, Term C '00

Schedule

There will be five lab reports this term. Labs will appear in the MA 1024 WWW lab home page, usually on the Friday before the lab. It will help you if you read the lab before your lab period. Lab reports will be turned in at the beginning of your lab section. Late labs will not be accepted without prior arrangement with the instructor.

Lab Reports

Each of the lab reports is to be completed jointly by you and a lab partner. You may change lab partners as you wish throughout the term, however, you and your partner must be in the same section. If you have trouble finding a partner for a lab, please see your instructor immediately. If you wish to work in a group of three, please contact the instructor beforehand.

Each lab report should consist of two parts as follows:

I.
Lab Background
Your summary should be one paragraph that describes the major points/goals of the lab and the mathematical concepts addressed. Note that this should be in your own words and not simply a rewrite of the lab description. This section should be short and concise. Two to four sentences should be enough.
II.
Maple Printout with Answers
All Maple commands used for the lab should be included. Problem numbers should be included in this section to indicate which commands were used for which problems. Equations or plots that are needed for the solutions must be clearly labeled. You are also responsible for ensuring that the Maple commands are consistent with your answers. At the end of your Maple work for each problem, include a short paragraph that explains the role of the Maple work, identifies the solution to the problem, and draws any conclusions that need to be made.

Grading of the Lab Reports

The reports for all sections of the course will be graded by the Teaching Assistants (TA) for the course, Matt Weiss and Tatiana Doytchinova. Approximately 10% of your grade will be based on Section I, Lab Summary, while the other 90% will be based on Section II, Maple printout with comments.

The major portion of your grade will be determined by the correctness of your mathematical work. However, your report grade could suffer if you have misspelled words, incomplete sentences, and/or other grammatical errors.

Academic Honesty

You may discuss the lab with other groups in the class. However, you must not copy the worksheet or parts of the worksheet of another lab group. This includes both Maple input and explanatory text. If labs that are essentially duplicates in whole or in part are found during the grading process, the groups affected could lose credit entirely for the lab. You should be aware that stiffer penalties can also be imposed, as described in the WPI Academic Honesty Policy.

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William W. Farr
1/17/2000