Getting to know you

1.     full name? Erin Harrington

2.     Do you have a nickname that you prefer to go by?  No

3.     What is your height in inches?  64 inches

4.     What is your age in years?  18

5.     What time do you generally wake up on any given day?  10:30

6.     What is your favorite candy?  Twix

7.     What is your favorite snack food?  Marshmellows

8.     Who is your favorite musical artist/band?  Zac Brown Band

9.     Do you have any hobbies/things you like to do for fun? Sleep, see friends, sing in the shower, boating with my family in the summer

10.  mathematical background:

Basic math, algebra1, algebra2, statistics, trigonometry, Precalculus   

11.  What is your comfort level with any of the following calculus concepts?

Curve sketching  (C)

Instantaneous rate of change  (C)

Derivatives (of constant, linear, polynomial, power, rational, exponential, trigonometric, logarithmic functions) (E)

Difference quotient  (U)

Limits (U)

Continuity  (U)

Chain rule (an application of composition of functions) (U)

Product and quotient rules for derivatives  (U)

Finding local and global maximums and minimums  (U)

Determining inflection points (U)

Area under a curve  (U)

Anti-derivatives  (U)

Integration (of constant, linear, polynomial, power, rational, trigonometric, exponential, logarithmic functions) (U)

Integration by parts   (U)

Integration by substitution   (U)

12.  The following are concepts from algebra and precalculus that students taking applied calculus should be comfortable with.

What is your comfort level with any of the following algebraic and precalculus concepts? (please note that weakness in any of these areas may make most aspects of this class more challenging than others)

Write one of the following next to each topic:

Very comfortable (V)    comfortable (C)                uncomfortable (U)    extremely uncomfortable (E)

Equations  (C)

Factoring   (C)

Adding/subtracting/multiplying/dividing fractions/rational expressions (V)

Simplifying expressions  (C)

Simplifying rational expressions (fractions and fractional polynomials) (U)

Operations on roots and fractional exponent expressions  (U)

Operations involving whole number exponent expressions  (C)

Finding common denominators   (V)

Inequalities  (C)

Functions  (V)

Absolute value  (C)

Linear functions  (V)

Systems of equations  (V)

Domain and range  (V)

Inverse functions  (C)

Transformations (shifting, scaling, stretching, etc)  (V)

Quadratic functions  (V)

Completing the square  (C)

Exponential functions  (V)

Logarithmic functions  (U)

Base e  (U)

Graphing (trigonometric, quadratic, linear, exponential, and logarithmic functions)  (U)

Trigonometric concepts  (U)

13.  Have you taken American university’s math 160 (applied precalculus) class? If yes, was your grade a “b” or better?  Yes and yes

15.  Which social media formats are you familiar with?

Texting, facebook, pinterest, twitter, google plus, Instagram

16.  Which social media formats do you use most frequently?

Texting, facebook, tumblr, twitter, Instagram

17.  What is your major?  Business

18.  Why are you taking this math class?  It is a requirement for my major

19.  Will you take other math classes in the future at American University or will this be your only math class? If yes, which classes will you take? After this I will take Statistics

20.  What do you hope to learn in this class? How to apply calculus to my future