Students in this section were asked to fill out an information form on which they provided (in addition to residential, postal, e-mail, and telephone coordinates) answers to questions about
The tables below summarize some of the answers. In general, total numbers of responses do not match the number of students in the course because several of the questions admit more than one answer -- or no answer.
The Project Major table represents undergraduates only (almost all freshmen). It does not include four students from the Nicholas School of the Environment who are taking calculus to refresh their undergraduate skills.
Reasons for Taking the Course and Goals for the Course are shown in
a single table because it was not always possible to tell which was which.
| Environmental Sciences | 5 | Biological Anthropology | 1 | |
| Biology | 5 | Computer Science | 1 | |
| Chemistry | 5 | Biomedical Engineering | 2 | |
| Economics | 3 | Mechanical Engineering | 2 | |
| Political Science | 2 | Computer Engineering | 1 | |
| Mathematics | 1 | Engineering (not specified) | 1 | |
| Physics | 1 |
| Texas Instruments TI-81 | 2 |
| Texas Instruments TI-82 | 14 |
| Texas Instruments TI-85 | 5 |
| Texas Instruments TI-86 | 2 |
| Texas Instruments TI-92 | 1 |
| Non-TI | 3 |
| Precalculus | 3 |
| AB calculus or equivalent | 17 |
| BC calculus | 2 |
| Other | 3 |
| Best prior mathematics experience associated with |
Worst prior mathematics experience associated with |
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| Teacher or course | 11 | Teacher or course | 12 | |||
| Test or examination | 5 | Test or examination | 4 | |||
| Understood topic | 3 | Frustration | 3 | |||
| Celebration or party | 2 | Memorization | 2 | |||
| Applications | 2 | Applications | 1 | |||
| Award | 1 | Watching videotapes | 1 | |||
| None | 1 | None | 3 | |||
| Satisfying a requirement | 10 |
| Understanding/learning | 10 |
| Foundation for future courses | 8 |
| Enjoyment (prior or anticipated) | 7 |
| Do well, achieve specific grade | 7 |
| Applications outside math | 6 |
| Acquire skills, proficiency | 4 |
| Interest in subject or methods | 4 |
Last modified: September 11, 1997