Problem Set Guidelines

1. Be sure to read and follow the directions carefully and completely.

2. Work through the problems on your own before getting together with your group. When you meet with your group, compare your work and discuss any discrepancies that you might have.

3. Each member of your group must turn in his or her own problem set. The names of the other members of your group should be listed underneath your name on your paper.

4. If your individual problem set ends up being more than one page, STAPLE the pages together. Stack and turn in the problem sets for your group (one for each member) together, but DO NOT STAPLE them together.

5. I will select one problem set at random from each group for grading purposes. The grade on the randomly selected problem set is the grade that each member of the group earns.

6. By listing your name together with the other members of a group, you are indicating to me that you have collaborated with the group and are comfortable with the fact that I will be grading one representative paper for the entire group. If this is not the case, be sure to see me BEFORE you turn in your problem set.

7. You can get help from outside sources including tutors, other classmates, and me. In fact, I will even look over your problem set with you so that you can be sure to get a “perfect paper.” I will NOT, however, offer too much assistance on the day the problem set is due.

8. Problems without adequate justification will not receive credit. You need to show enough work to convince me that you know what you are doing.

9. Simply copying from your partners is cheating, and will result in a score of zero for everyone involved.

10. Neatness counts, so write up your results carefully.

11. Because you have ample time and resources, I expect perfection and will rarely award partial credit.

1. When the problem sets are graded, be sure to check with the one person in your group whose paper was graded so that you can identify your strengths and weaknesses and so that you can see why you (and your group) earned the score that you did.