CDS 101/110a, Fall 2007 - TA assignments

This page contains information about TA activities for CDS 101/110a, Fall 2007. Unlike prior years, I am going to try not having a head TA, but instead distributing those responsibilities to different TAs.

Assignments

Course responsibilities

• Mailing list administration: Richard +
• Recording lectures (and placing MP3s online):
• Mud cards:
• MATLAB review:
• SIMULINK review:

Weekly TA assignments

Each week a different TA will be responsible for helping with the homework problems (and solutions).

• Week 1
• Week 2
• Week 3
• Week 4
• Week 5 (midterm review):
• Week 6:
• Week 7:
• Week 8:
• Week 9:
• Week 10: (final review):

Office hours

• Fri, time?
• Sun 4-6 pm

Organizational Meeting

Goals

• Review the structure and features of CDS 101/110a
• Decide on assignments of tasks for the term

Agenda

CDS 101 vs CDS 110a

• Two courses taught through shared lectures
• CDS 101: principles and tools; aimed at non-specialists
• CDS 110: principles, tools and derivations: aimed at engineering audience
• Monday lecture: overview of material for the week; shared
• Wednesday lecture: CDS 110 only; more detailed analysis, proofs, etc
• Friday recitation (new this year): work through one of the problems on the homework

Course Demographics

• Typically have 70-80 students per year (up 100% from a decade ago)
• Students come from a wide variety of backgrounds (ME, Ae, EE, BE, CS, APh, ...)
• Most students are in CDS 110; 2-8 students in CDS 101
• Recitation sections may be used to cater to different audiences

Teaching Techniques

• Course wiki
• Mud cards
• MP3 files for lectures
• Hours reported on homework
• Background, midterm and final surveys

Recitation Sections

• All recitations will be on Fridays, 2-3 pm
• Recitations will work through one problem from homework set on the board/computer
• Can we tune the recitations to be useful for students with a different background?