November 16: Submission of group membership
November 21: Progress Report
December 3: Final Report

A contract for consultation from M.P.C., Inc. (adapted from assignment by Gavin LaRose, University of Michigan).

You are to self-select groups of two to three students. You must inform me of your group membership by November 16—either by e-mail or web form.

The students are often apprehensive about the grading of group projects, but you get to determine the distribution of the points for your group. For example, if your group of three receives 50 on an assignment, then you have a total of 3 x 50 = 150 points to distribute among yourselves. You fill out a form, sign it, and return it to me. For the most part, the students split the points evenly, occassionally they allocate the points differently.

I use a checklist to grade written assignments adapted from the work of Annalisa Crannell at Franklin & Marshall College (PRIMUS 4, 3 (1994), 193-201). She also has some excellent advice about writing mathematics on the Web.