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\section*{\center{Reading the Textbook}}

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\item \textsc{When you'll do it}: Before the relevant class period (before or after watching the video lectures)
\item \textsc{When it's due}: No later than 12:30pm the day of class (one hour before the start of class), though you have a lot of other things to do after the reading, so you'd better finish it before then.
\item \textsc{What you'll do}: Read one or two sections of the textbook, as listed in the Agenda for that day.  The textbook is broken into subsections (indicated by the blue headers); sometimes we'll skip particular subsections.  (Of course, it won't do any harm to read them.)
\item \textsc{What you need to know about it}: 
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  \item Reading math textbooks is usually difficult, and ours is no exception.  You \textbf{shouldn't} expect to understand everything the first time you read it.
  \item You \textbf{should} identify things you don't understand yet and ask questions or come back to them later.
  \item You \textbf{should} be identifying where important information is so you can look it up when it's needed.
  \item I've tried to make longer readings, when we have them, due Tuesdays when there's a longer gap, but a couple of times it wasn't possible.  Don't be averse to starting the Thursday reading before Tuesday's class.
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  \item \textsc{Where you can get help}:
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    \item Each Agenda will remind you to ``make sure to identify'' certain items.  \textbf{Don't} treat this as a scavenger hunt; you should be reading the whole section.  Treat this list as a way of checking that you were reading carefully enough: if you read carefully, you should have noticed all of those items on your own.  If you're consistently getting to the end of the reading without taking note of the important items, you're not reading carefully enough!
    \item Definitely ask questions about parts that are confusing on the class discussion forum for that section or on the plenary calculus forum.
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Textbook
Videos
Pre-class practice
Pre-class quiz
Discussion
Group problems
Post-class homework
Recitation quiz
Gateway exams