homework, solutions, book editions, Give it Some Thought Questions, etc.

[Robert Zellmer]

Students often ask if I "recommend" they read the textbook.
I would not say I "recommend" it, I implore it.  I can't see how
you can learn this material without doing so.  Also, I was asked
if you should read it before or after the homework.  If you look
at my "How to Study" link and if you come to one of my
sessions you will see how I recommend doing things.  Just
real quickly though, I can't see how one can do the homework
w/o reading the material first and working the sample exercises
throughout the chapter.  There's more below and on my web
page about this.

I've "assigned" end-of-chapter (EOC) homework exercises for
each chapter on my class web page (not Carmen).  As stated
in the syllabus they are not collected. *We are NOT doing on-line**
**homework.*

As stated in an e-mail sent yesterday, I've made Sapling Learning
available for use.  It is strictly voluntary.  See the e-mail for details.

You can find access to the publisher's solutions to ALL EOC problems
on Carmen for the 10th-14th editions.  Click on "Modules" in the
menu on the home apge and then go to the "Homework
(End-of-Chaper Assignments) and Solutions Manuals" module.
You'll find a module there with instructions.

I don't break the end-of-chapter (EOC) homework problems up
according to each lecture.  In lecture I usually go in the same order
as the book (if I reorder things appreciably I'll let you know).
Often the headings in my notes correspond with those in the book
(although they may not be identical they're close enough for you
to figure out just where I stopped each lecture).

You'll notice, the EOC problems are generally broken up by
section in the book.  Every now and then, one section of
homework corresponds to more than one section in the book.
This mostly happens when there's a short section that has only
2-4 corresponding homework problems.  It's easy to figure
out when the homework in these sections switch from one
section to another.

Another thing to notice about the homework problems is they
come in pairs.  Exercises 1.13 and 1.14 are covering the same
general ideas but asked in a different way.  That's what those
little lines between every two problems are for (the 10th ed.
doesn't have the lines).  That means if I've assigned a particular
problem and you just can't figure out how to do it and wind up
looking at the solutions manual you need to try the corresponding
companion question right then.  This will help to reinforce what
you just saw.

You should also be answering the "*Give It Some Thought*" questions
that appear in the sections as you are reading. I suggest you write
down your answers instead of just answering them in your head.
The answers to the GIST questions are in the back of the book
starting on page A-31 in the 14th ed. (A-31 in the 13th ed., A-33
in the 12th ed., A-36 in the 11th ed. and A-35 in the 10th ed.),
after the answers to the selected EOC exercises (the ones marked
in red at the end of the chapter).

The 12th, 13th & 14th editions also have what are called "*Go Figure*"
questions in the sections.  They are similar to the GIST questions but
a little more involved.  Their answers follow those for the GIST
questions (starting on page A-37 of the 14th ed., A-38 of the 13 ed.
A-41 of the 12th ed.).

The order of the answers to these sections (and page numbers) is
reversed in the 12th edition paperback OSU chem custom edition.

So far we got through all of chapter 1 and 2.1-2.2 and most of section
2.3.  We are not covering section 1.4 or "units of energy" in 1.5 in the
14th ed. right now.  We will cover them in Ch 5.  It won't hurt to read
them now. This material used to be found in only Ch 5.  In the 14th ed.
a little bit of material from Ch 5 is now in Ch 1 and repeated again in
Ch 5.  This is explained at the Notes link of my class web page as well.
We covered everything in ch 1 in the other editions.

You should complete the material presented in one lecture before
the next and make sure you finish the whole week's material (including
Additional and Integrative Exercises) by Saturday or early Sunday.
If you don't do this each week you will always be behind. Everyone
should be through all the sections I mentioned above by Sunday and
no later than lecture this coming Tuesday.  If not, you're already behind.

You should pretend you have a quiz each week, say Thur. or Fri.
It would cover the material from the previous week.  On the day of
this "quiz" you should skim the material which would be on the
"quiz" (the previous week's material) and do a few additional
end-of-chapter problems for each section.  Some people save the
Additional Exercises and Integrative EOC problems for their review.
You MUST study the material and do problems *more than once *if
you hope to learn it well.

I will generally cover 3-5 sections a lecture, depending on their
length and complexity.  You should try to skim ahead before
coming to lecture so you have some idea what we will be
discussing.  You should try to start the sections I've covered
the day of lecture and pretty much finish them before the next
lecture.  I generally go in the order of the sections.  Every now
and then I will change things a little but I will tell you when I've
done this.  Study one section at a time and do the end-of-chapter
exercises for a section before starting the next.  ALWAYS read
and work ONE section at a time and finish it before starting
the next section.  Keep current and don't fall behind.  That's one
of the worse things you can do, particularly in math and technical
subjects.

There's lots of info on my site.  Please look around to see what's
there and you may find the answers to many of your questions. If
not, that's fine, just come see me or send an e-mail.

Dr. Zellmer
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