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<font size="2"><big>I'm still getting some questions about the
homework, studying and<br>
the quizzes. </big></font><font size="2"><big><font size="2"><big>Someone
asked if I would "recommend" you read the<br>
textbook.<br>
</big></font></big></font><br>
<font size="2"><big><font size="2"><big><font size="2"><big>I would
not say I "recommend" it, I implore it. I can't see how<br>
you can learn this material without doing so. Also, I
was asked<br>
if you should read it before or after the homework. If
you look<br>
at my "How to Study" link and if you came to one of my<br>
sessions you will see how I recommend doing things.
Just<br>
real quickly though, I can't see how one can do the
homework<br>
w/o reading the material first and working the sample
exercises<br>
throughout the chapter. There's more below and on my
web<br>
page about this.<br>
<br>
<br>
</big></font></big></font> I don't break the homework
problems up according to each lecture.<br>
However, if you've noticed, they are generally broken up by<br>
section in the book. Every now and then one section of homework<br>
corresponds to more than one section in the book. This mostly<br>
happens when there's a short section that has only 2-4<br>
corresponding homework problems. You should do the problems<br>
for each section before studying the next section, even if
sections<br>
have been combined in the homework problems at the end of<br>
the chapter.<br>
<br>
Another thing to notice about the homework problems is they<br>
come in pairs. Exercises 13.15 and 13.16 are covering the same<br>
general ideas but asked in a different way. That's what those<br>
little lines between every two problems indicate (the 10th ed.<br>
doesn't have the lines). That means if I've assigned a
particular<br>
problem and you just can't figure out how to do it and wind up<br>
looking at the solutions you need to try the corresponding<br>
companion question right then. This will help to reinforce what<br>
you just saw.<br>
</big></font><br>
<font size="2"><big><font size="2"><big>You should also be answering
the "<b>Give It Some Thought</b>" questions<br>
that appear in the sections as you are reading. I suggest
you write<br>
down your answers instead of just answering them in your
head.<br>
The answers to the GIST questions are in the back of the
book<br>
starting on page </big></font></big></font><font size="2"><big><font
size="2"><big><font size="2"><big>A-31 (</big></font><font
size="2"><big><font size="2"><big><font size="2"><big>A-31
in the 13th ed., </big></font>A-33 in the 12th
ed.,<br>
</big></font>A-36 in the 11th ed. and A-35 in the 10th
ed.), after the answers<br>
to the selected EOC exercises (the ones marked in red).</big></font></big></font><font
size="2"><big><br>
</big></font> <br>
</big></font><font size="2"><big>The 12th, 13th & 14th
editions also have what are called "<b>Go Figure</b>"<br>
questions in the sections. They are similar to the GIST
questions but<br>
a little more involved. Their answers follow those for the GIST<br>
questions (starting on page A-37 of the 14th ed., A-38 of the 13
ed.<br>
A-41 of the 12th ed.).<br>
<br>
</big></font><font size="2"><big> The order of these sections (and
page numbers) is reversed in the<br>
12th edition paperback OSU custom edition.<br>
<br>
We've finished sections ch 13 and section 14.1 in the book. <br>
<br>
You should complete the material presented in one lecture before<br>
the next and make sure you finish the whole week's material
(including<br>
Additional and Integrative Exercises) by Saturday or early
Sunday.<br>
If you don't do this each week you will always be behind.
Before this<br>
past Friday you should have been finished with 13.1-13.4
(reading and<br>
analyzing the material in the sections and the homework
problems)<br>
and reviewing the sections from Chem 1210 I have listed at the
top<br>
of my "Notes" link on my class web page.<br>
</big></font><br>
<font size="2"><big><font size="2"><big>The quizzes will generally
cover the material from the Wed. of one<br>
week up to the first half of Wed. of the next week. The
first week<br>
on Thursday you had a prequiz covering 1210 material. We
have<br>
graded it and the score should be entered in Carmen but the
score<br>
won't count toward your final grade. I will let you know on
Wed. in<br>
lecture what the quiz will cover. I will also e-mail out
this info after<br>
lecture and put it on the class web page.<br>
<br>
</big></font></big></font><font size="2"><big><font size="2"><big><font
size="2"><big>The day before your quiz you should skim the
material which the quiz<br>
will cover and do a few additional end-of-chapter
problems for each<br>
section. For most of the material on the quiz this
should not be the<br>
first time you are doing the homework problems (except
for material<br>
covered on Wed.). You MUST study the material and do
problems<br>
<b>more than once </b>if you hope to learn it well.<br>
</big></font></big></font></big></font><br>
<font size="2"><big><font size="2"><big>I will generally cover 2-4
sections a lecture, depending on their<br>
length and complexity. You should try to skim ahead before<br>
coming to lecture so you have some idea what we will be<br>
discussing. You should try to start the sections I've
covered<br>
the day of lecture and pretty much finish them before the
next<br>
lecture. I generally go in the order of the sections.
Every now<br>
and then I will change things a little but I will tell you
when I've<br>
done this. Study one section at a time and do the
end-of-chapter<br>
exercises for a section before starting the next. ALWAYS
read<br>
and work ONE section at a time and finish it before starting<br>
the next section. Keep current and don't fall behind.
That's one<br>
of the worse things you can do.<br>
<br>
</big></font><b>You can find the assigned </b></big></font><b><font
size="2"><big><font size="2"><big>"homework" </big></font>problems
on the class web<br>
page (not Carmen). I've posted the publisher's solutions to
ALL<br>
</big></font></b><font size="2"><big><b><font size="2"><big>end-of-chapter
problems on Carmen for the 10th, 11th, 12th and<br>
13th editions. Go to the "Files" link in the menu for
these.</big></font></b><b><br>
</b><b>I'm still working on getting an electronic version for
the 14th ed.<br>
I was given one but I can't make it so students can view it.
In the<br>
meantime, I checked with the library and they have at least
one<br>
copy and I put my personal copy in the 18th ave. library.
It's on<br>
closed reserve (you can't remove it from the library). Please
don't<br>
walk off with it. Most of the question in the 14th ed. are
the same<br>
as those in the 13th ed., and are often the same number (or
close)<br>
so you can so you </b></big></font><font size="2"><big><b><font
size="2"><big><font size="2"><big>can find the solutions to
a lot of the 14th ed<br>
solutions in the 13th ed solutions. <br>
<br>
</big></font></big></font></b> Don't leave questions for
me or e-mail me with the e-mail program<br>
in Carmen. I don't look at it often. You will get a better
response by<br>
e-mailing me directly to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:zellmer.1@osu.edu">zellmer.1@osu.edu</a>.<br>
<br>
There's lots of info on my site. Please look around to see<br>
what's there and you may find the answers to many of your<br>
questions. If not, that's fine, just come see me or send<br>
an e-mail.<br>
<br>
Dr. Zellmer</big></font>
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