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<font size="2"><big>I'm still getting some questions about the
homework, book problems,<br>
studying and the quizzes.<br>
<br>
</big></font><font size="2"><big><font size="2"><big>Someone asked
if I would "recommend" you read the textbook.<br>
</big></font></big></font><font size="2"><big><font size="2"><big><font
size="2"><big>I would not say I "recommend" it, I <b>implore
</b>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>
The end-of-chapter (EOC) "homework" are technically
voluntary but<br>
you won't do well if you don't do them. </big></font></big></font>I
don't break them up according<br>
to each lecture. However, if you've noticed, they are generally<br>
broken up by section in the book. Every now and then one
section<br>
of homework corresponds to more than one section in the book.<br>
This mostly 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 EOC problems is, most of them<br>
come in pairs (the ones in the sections of problems demarcated
by<br>
the section numbers at the top of a section of problems).
Exercises<br>
13.15 and 13.16 are covering the same general ideas but asked in
a<br>
different way. That's what those little lines between every two
problems<br>
indicate in the paper editions. The eText doesn't have these
lines but<br>
the questions still come in pairs, just like the printed
edition. This means<br>
if I've assigned a particular problem and you just can't figure
out how to<br>
do it and wind up looking at the solutions for any help you need
to try the<br>
corresponding companion question right then. This will help to
reinforce<br>
what you just saw.<br>
<br>
</big></font> <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 in the 14th ed. (</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<br>
the 12th ed. and </big></font>A-36 in the 11th
ed.), after the answers to the<br>
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>
I don't really expect anyone to be using these much older
editions<br>
of the book because then you might have problems lining things<br>
up between the eText and the older edition. The info is here just
in<br>
case.<br>
<br>
We've finished ch 13 and section 14.1-14.2 and just about
finished<br>
14.3 (I need to complete the example we were working on when I<br>
finished today). <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 13.4 & 13.2
and before<br>
Monday you should have done sections 13.1, 13.3 and part of 13.5<br>
(reading and analyzing the material in the sections and the
homework<br>
problems) and reviewing the sections from Chem 1210 I have
listed at<br>
the top of my "Notes" link on my class web page. If you didn't
walk<br>
into lecture today completely done with 13.1-13.4 and at least
started<br>
reading section 13.5 (the part on vapor pressure lowering and<br>
Raoult's Law and Sample Exercise 13.7) you are behind.<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
will<br>
grade 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. the day before the quiz). You MUST
study the<br>
material and do problems <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 2-5
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>"EOC" </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, 13th<br>
and 14th editions. Go to the "Modules" link in the menu
and then<br>
the "</big></font></b></big></font><font size="2"><big><b><font
size="2"><big><span role="button" tabindex="0"
href="https://osu.instructure.com/courses/39481/modules/283222/collapse"
class="ig-header-title expand_module_link ellipsis"
title="Homework (End-of-Chapter Exercises) and Solutions
Manuals"><span class="name ellipsis" title="Homework
(End-of-Chapter Exercises) and Solutions Manuals">Homework
(End-of-Chapter Exercises) and Solutions Manuals"<br>
module</span></span>. You'll find instructions there.</big></font></b><b><br>
</b></big></font><font size="2"><big><b><font size="2"><big><font
size="2"><big><br>
</big></font></big></font></b><font size="2"><big><font
size="2"><big>The <b>ACTUAL </b>homework you have for <b>credit
</b>is through MasteringChemistry.<br>
I've sent out e-mails about this already. I'm going to
try to limit the for-credit<br>
stuff to the Dynamic Study Modules (DSM) and maybe some
review questions<br>
for each chapter or part of a chapter. You can do the
later after they open<br>
and before the quiz. The DSM problems will be available
for a longer time<br>
period before the quiz in general. There may be
tutorial questions which I<br>
would suggest if you are struggling understanding
things. However, coming<br>
for help is even better. I've sent some things about
the on-line MC homework<br>
previously.<br>
<br>
</big></font></big></font><b><font size="2"><big><font
size="2"><big> </big></font></big></font></b> Don't
leave questions for me or e-mail me using the messaging system<br>
in Carmen. I don't look at it often, although I do have it set
up so it should<br>
send me the message. You may get a quicker response by mailing
me<br>
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
what's there<br>
and you may find the answers to many of your questions. If not,
that's<br>
fine, just come see me or send an e-mail.<br>
<br>
Dr. Zellmer</big></font>
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