May 16: Group Membership and Progress Report
May 30: Final Report

A contract for consultation from Minerals Explorers, Inc.  (Adapted from J. Hass, M.D. Weir, and G.B. Thomas, Jr.,  University Calculus, Pearson, 2005.)

You are to self-select groups of two to three students. You are to inform me of your groups members and make a progress report on your early findings by May 16.

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 will continue to use this grading rubric. As always,  Annalisa Crannell at Franklin & Marshall College has some excellent advice about writing mathematics.