Homework Assignments and Solutions for Physics 11x5

Please access homeowork assignments and solutions on Moodle and on ExpertTA (through Moodle). But please also be familiar with the information below.

• You will be assigned reading from the textbnook, which can be supplemented with text resources for better understanding. 
• Seven or fewer homework problems will be assigned each Monday, due Thursday, and each Thursday, due Monday (3-4 homework problems for each class day). Homework will be done through the online homework and study service ExpertTA.
• An additional one problem will be assigned for each class day to be written out by hand and sometimes worked on in class (flipped class).
• Due to the flipped nature of some time spent in class solving problems (approximately one hour/week), you will be assigned up to 30 minutes of video to be watched with each homework assignment.  
• ExpertTA will be used for the online portion of our homework. Hopefully you will see that it is an excellent tool to help you learn problem solving. It is required for this class, like any text. Registration information can be found on the class website homepage and on Moodle.
  • Please note the important learning features of ExpertTA, and that I do not assign online homework because I am busy (or lazy). I assign it because it is the best way to learn. Online homework gives you immediate feedback and the choice to do the problem multiple times until you get it right. As opposed to written homework which you only do once, and you do not know if you are right until you get it graded. The online homework the same problems I would give from the book. The online homework also does give some hints or feedback, an added benefit over textbook problems. If you get stuck, and cannot solve a problem, it is great to try it again, but you should not spend your time trying to game the system and try many different answers. You need to try to solve the problem, and not try to get the right answer through any means possible. If you get stuck on a problem, you should not just endlessly try to submit different answers, but if you truly feel like you have exhausted your physics knowledge, you need to come to me to ask for help. You could do the problems once, like in written homework. Then you can learn if you are correct immediately and have time to make corrections, unlike written homework. At that point, you can choose to use the system to try to help you get the right answer, or you can came to ask questions. You need to ask questions if you are not getting the problems correct!
  • For the ExpertTA problems, you can re-do them as many times as you like to get the right answer, up until the start of class on the due-date. Each submission attempt or access to feedback results in a small deduction to your score.
• Written homework will come from the textbook. For written homework, you must always show your work for credit. Written problems are to be submitted on Moodle (as a PDF image) before the start of class; if they are handed in any later than that, the grade will be penalized. If you do not know how to create a PDF image of your written work, see this: https://youtu.be/SJD9t63oA8Q
• Homework solutions to written problems will be posted a week or less after it is due, in Moodle. You may not turn in homework after solutions are posted. Online homework can be handed in late up until the time the next homework is due, and will be penalized for lateness.
• Daily announcements and homework assignments will be posted on Moodle.
• In addition to solving problems, you need to take notes, and review your notes each day before the next class. You need to read the relevant text before you learn it in class, and need to review all sample problems in the text. Please see additional notes on succeeding here.
• Extra credit problems will be available beyond the regular homework set - extra credit will both improve your homework score and will offset your exam score if your homework average is higher than your eaxm average. Extra credit homework sets have the same due dates as regular homework. Extra credit should not be looked at as simply a bonus, it is just homework that is not counted against your grade if you do not do it. You should plan to do as much of the extra credit as you can in order to succeed in this class. 
• Note: As a matter of pedagogy, I do not solve homework problems during regular class. You should come to me or go to a tutor with questions about homework outside of class time.
• Tutors are available through ASC, drop-in sessions for physics are available multiple times throughout the week. Please check the drop-in schedule at https://randolph.mywconline.com/ or make an appointment at this link.
• Dr. Sheldon is available for you through drop-in office hours, and by appointment, as described on the syllabus.