Homework

Homework structure

• Reading homework assignments consist of 1-3 problems per lecture. These problems are simple comprehension-based multiple-choice or numerical-answer questions, available through and submitted via WeBWorK. Links to these problems occur throughout the textbook. We suggest making the reading assignment on lecture n due at the beginning of lecture n+1.
• Skills homework assignments consist of about 1-10 computational problems per lecture. These problems are about standard techniques for dealing with linear systems, matrices, and vectors, and are available through and submitted via WeBWorK. Most of these problems were obtained through WeBWorK's National Problem Library. We suggest making these assignments due weekly.
• Idea homework assignments consist of about 1-5 conceptual problems per lecture. These problems range from simple tests of understanding of the lecture material to more difficult problems involving a substantial amount of thought and hard work, and can be found at the end of each lecture. We suggest collecting these assignments once every two weeks.

Accessing homework assignments

• To view the reading and skills assignments, please email us at linear@math.ucdavis.edu from an academic email address so that we can verify that you are a math instructor. We will email you a username and password with which to access our linear algebra model course, available at http://webwork.math.ucdavis.edu/. You may also download a pdf file of the reading assignments, automatically generated by the WeBWorK system.
• To obtain WeBWorK homework files containing the reading and skills assignments, please email us at linear@math.ucdavis.edu from an academic email address so that we can verify that you are a math instructor.
• To learn more about and get started using WeBWorK, please visit http://webwork.maa.org.
• To view the idea assignments, scroll to the end of each chapter of the textbook.

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