Guidelines for Projects
 Form your own group or ask your TA to assign one to you.
 Two members for each group. However, if there is an odd number of students in
your section, your TA will help to form one group of three members.
 Guideline for preparing your reports:
http://edisk.fandm.edu/annalisa.crannell/writing_in_math/guide.html
 Here is a breakdown on points:
Basic Format: 2.5 points (Limited to one Cover Page plus 3 or 4 more
pages, prepared by a text software, stapled. The Cover Page contains the following
formation: Title of the Project, Names and Signatures of Members, Your Section
Number)
Writing: 2.5 points (Introduction paragraph describing the
problem; Main body of report containing formulation, analysis, and resolution of the
problem; Conclusion paragraph)
Good faith effort: 5 points (You will know it when you see it. Your report
must be neat, complete, and easy to follow.)
Mathematics: 10 points (Problem formulation, reasoned analysis, and
conclusion)
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While exchange of ideas among yourselves is encouraged, but with regarding the
final report such exchange must not be the kind in writing. Shared work in any
electronic form is strictly forbidden. The consequence for breaking this rule is for
me to divide evenly one score among all sufficiently similar works.
Writing Tips: With a possible exception for the introduction and conclusion sections, you
can follow the style of the textbook on how to present mathematical problems and their
solution. Use a balanced mix of text, graph, and formula. All commercial word
processers should have a build-in capability to insert mathematical expressions. It is
strongly recommended to use them to give a professional feel to you report.
Pit-fall to Avoid: You must not write the report with your TA or your professor as your
reader. That is, you must not assume your reader know anything about the project but the
general knowledge of calculus. Therefore, it is important to not only explain what
problems your report is about but also how they are solved by what means. It must be
self-contained.