Teaching a Math Clinic
Go through the materials here, especially the
Introduction, which begins with the Math Clinic Concept.
You will note the goals include cultivating important skills for the
students, beyond the mathematics, notably communication skills. Please
consult the
Conduct of Course that is common to all clinics, then compose
your own, as you deem appropriate.
Consult the FAQs, and let the
Clinic Director know if you have (or hear of any) questions that might
be of general interest. Also, note the
Advice to Teachers. At the end of your Clinic, please contribute
to this for future teachers.
Please know that you are expected to produce a final report in LaTeX
by the end of the semester, using the Clinic style file, which
is provided. You are also expected to produce the postscript file,
which is obtained simply from the LaTeX source. You will give these
to the Clinic Director who will take care of putting them on the web and
distribute printed copies to others (like Auraria Library). In addition,
you are expected to deliver an HTML file of the Executive Summary.
(This is the first part of your final report, and you can simply
extract it and run it through latex2html on either tiger or math.)
Also, you must setup a clinic html in a subdirectory of your homepage,
called clinic. For example, Bill Briggs' clinic (S96) is located in
http://math.ucdenver.edu/~wbriggs/clinic/clinicS96.html
(note the filename follows a syntax, so others can link to it). Your
clinic file must contain (at a minimum) a Conduct of Course,
which contains grading policy, assignments, and related matters.
Since LaTeX is now required, please allocate some class time for students to
learn LaTeX. They should be advised that they will be responsible to learn
it primarily on their own, using only about 2 classes (1 intro near the
beginning of the semester, and 1 workshop a few weeks later). It is
recommended that you give some intermediate assignments to be done in LaTeX,
such as having them turn in an annotated bibliography (see
guide). For the final report, please use the Clinic style file
and BibTeX, provided by the Clinic Director.
Let the
Clinic Director know if you need assistance with these tasks.
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