Wikipedia talk:School and university projects/Discrete and numerical mathematics/Learning plan/Academic year 2018-2019

Welcome to the course and to its learning plan strengthened by the English Wikipedia
Estimable and respectable student: My name is Juan Miguel León Rojas and I am part of the teaching staff that will accompany you during the second semester of the 2018-2019 academic year. I would like to welcome you to the course 'Further Mathematics', aimed at the study of basic concepts of Discrete and Numerical Mathematics. Now, I briefly introduce you to the course. As you know, you have the possibility of taking it in Spanish or English. In both cases, I will try to use a clear and simple language without forgetting the university environment we are working in.

The course program (sheet 12a)
You can consult the course program (sheet 12a), here:


 * https://zurbaran.unex.es/cloud/index.php/s/RqzqR04EI0UwnXX

The learning plan for the course
The aim of the learning plan, published on the English Wikipedia, is to successfully carry out the course program (sheet 12a):


 * School and university projects/Discrete and numerical mathematics/Learning plan

You should devote attention to:


 * Specific information of the course;
 * WP+: Paths on Wikipedia, bibliography (theory and proposed and solved exercises), multimedia and even more;
 * Sample exam questions, instrumental and relational, and some answers;
 * Past qualifying activities and real exams with some solutions;
 * Tentative course outline (chronogram for the academic year 2018/2019) (it includes references to the sections of the texts to be studied and lists of exercises).

The project 'Discrete and numerical mathematics'
The learning plan includes, as an optional out-of-class practical activity, the learning project 'Discrete and numerical mathematics'. The academic component of the present third edition of the project, for the academic course 2018/2019, starts on Thursday, January 31. You can read its descriptive web page:


 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:School and university projects/Discrete and numerical mathematics

Once you have read that web page, and if you are interested in the project and only if you have queries or need help to do what you have been told (on that web page) to do or want to help your colleagues to do it or want to share questions, concerns or suggestions about the project, you could attend the day referred to above, i.e., on Thursday, January 31, at 4:00 p.m., to Room O5 (meeting will finish at no later than 5:30 p.m.). (Bring a computer if you need help). (This meeting will be in Spanish).



Assessment of your work in the course
You are offered two ways in which your work in the course could be assessed. You may choose:  (a) to take only the final exam, or (b) to take the final exam and collaborate, optionally, in the project described above (in accordance with the planned timetable).  Your work will be assessed according to the way you opt for, since attendance at the classes is not mandatory. None of these two ways involves any kind of discrimination with respect to the other in relation to the maximum grade that you can achieve, sobresaliente (10). (The distinction matrícula de honor is not a grade but a mention; please read, below, the corresponding section).

Only the final exam
In making this choice, the final exam score will constitute the 100 percent of your final grade in the course, with no option for grading with distinction (matrícula de honor).

As mentioned above, you have access to past real exams with some solutions. You can therefore turn what you have learned into action and practise your skills on a real basis (click here).

The final exam plus the project
After crossing reference similar projects by other university professors, a student involvement in our project may represent up to 45 percent of their final grade. Thus, the following partial qualifications would form part of such final grade. For the current academic year:  (a) Individual work ( IW ) (i.e., as a "one-person team"):  (1) for having done a mandatory minimum of 4 major contributions, at least one per each header topic, up to 30 % of the grade (that is to say, if you would make exactly one major contribution per topic, it would correspond to 7,5 % of the grade per topic); (2) for having substantially contributed to an article in such a way that it be quality marked by the English Wikipedia community, up to 7,5 % more.  </ul>

<ul style="list-style:none;padding-left:1.75em;text-indent:-1.75em;"> <li>(b) Collaborative work ( CW ) within a two or three-person team: <ul style="list-style:none;margin-left:0;padding-left:1.75em;text-indent:-1.75em;"> <li>(1) for having done a mandatory minimum of 4 major contributions, at least one per each header topic, up to 30 % of the grade (that is to say, if they would make exactly one major contribution per topic, then each team member could earn up to 5 % of the grade per topic (although these members could distribute the total percentage gained as a team according to its own team self-evaluation);</li> <li>(2) for having achieved that their contribution as a team has been quality marked by the English Wikipedia community, up to 7,5 % more (up to 1,25 % per each member or the inner percentage distribution they could make);</li>  <li>(3) for having worked as a team, 1,25 % more for each member (or the inner percentage distribution they could make).</li>  </ul></li> </ul>

<ul style="list-style:none;padding-left:1.75em;text-indent:-1.75em;"> <li>(c) Final exam ( FE ), up to 55 percent.</li> </ul>

Once again, and as mentioned above, tell you that you have access to past real exams with some solutions; accordingly, you can turn what you have learned into action and practise your skills on a real basis (click here).

The final grade of the course
Given the above, the final grade would consist of:

<ol type="lower-alpha"> <li>If you collaborate in the project, individually and within a team: $$ \begin{align} FE + IW + CW &= \left(\leqslant 10\right) + IW + CW \\ &= \left(\leqslant 10\right) + \left(\left(\leqslant 3\right) + \left(\leqslant 0,75\right)\right) + CW \\ &= \left(\leqslant 10\right) + \left(\left(\leqslant 3\right) + \left(\leqslant 0,75\right)\right) + \left(\left(\leqslant \overline{0,5}\right) + \left(\leqslant \overline{0,125}\right) + \left(\leqslant \overline{0,125}\right)\right) \end{align} $$ where $$\overline{\mathit{n}}$$ denotes the "fuzziness" of the number $$\mathit{n}$$, due to the possible inner percentage distribution of some grades. For example, if you gain, say, 3 points because of your collaboration in the project, it would be enough for you to obtain 7 points on the final exam to earn a 10 as the final grade.<li>

<li>If you decide to limit yourself to individual collaboration: $$ \left\{ \begin{align} CW &= 0 \\ FE + IW &= \left(\leqslant 10\right) + IW \\ &= \left(\leqslant 10\right) + \left(\left(\leqslant 3\right) + \left(\leqslant 0,75\right)\right) \end{align} \right. $$<li>

<li>If you decide not to collaborate within the project: $$ \left\{ \begin{align} IW &= 0 \\ CW &= 0 \\ FE &\leqslant 10 \end{align} \right. $$<li> </ol>

Grading with distinction (Matrícula de Honor)
One of the rewards for a hard and well-done work is to grade with distinction (matrícula de honor). You can be given this mention if you: <ul style = "list-style: none; margin-left: 5; padding-left: 1.75em; text-indent: -1.75em;"> <li>(a) have attended classes (large group and seminars/laboratories) regularly and play an active and substantial part in them,</li> <li>(b) have obtained a final grade equal to or greater than 8 points (out of a maximum of 10), and</li> <li>(c) have collaborated with the learning project 'Discrete and numerical mathematics' on the English Wikipedia, according to the conditions that appear in it for the current academic year.</li> </ul>

Nevertheless, as the Department of Mathematics of the University of Extremadura has given me the teaching assignment of this course, that mention granting is always at my discretion. In any case, the number of students eligible for this mention is limited by statute to less than 5 percent the number of students enrolled in the course in the corresponding academic year unless the number of students enrolled is less than twenty, in which case, the distinction could be given to only one student — see art. 9.3 in UEX assessment regulations (Normativa de evaluación de los resultados de aprendizaje y de las competencias adquiridas por el alumnado en las titulaciones oficiales de la Universidad de Extremadura) (in Spanish) —.

Once the introduction of the course has been made, it only remains to reiterate my welcome and encourage you to participate fully in the collaborative project with Wikipedia. I am sure it will help you gain confidence and trust in yourself, understand teamwork as well as assuming a commitment. Finally, let me remind you that on January 29 we will have our first class meeting, which we will dedicate to Propositional Logic. May you receive a cordial greeting, Jmleonrojas (talk) 21:59, 7 Dec 2018 (UTC). P.S.: Merry Christmas, happy year 2019 and much good luck with upcoming exams.