Day 03: Heart of Mathematics

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Announcements:
- The plan of attack for the semester, based on your section preferences.
  - Write well!
    - Please use complete sentences, proper spelling, etc.
    - Please avoid shortcuts like "b/c", "w/o", and "text-messaging-isms" in your writing. Imagine that you're writing to the CEO of your company. Write well!
    - Don't forget the NKU Writing Center, if necessary.
  - If one of your section choices didn't make it onto our schedule, it's fair game for a project. Let me know if that's of interest.
- For next time:
  Read section 2.1, and attempt problems Mindscapes I.2, I.3; II.6, II.7, II.8; II.12; II.14. These problems will be handed in on Monday, 2/4. Problem II.14 should be typed up, and will be graded for complete sentences, spelling, etc., in addition to the mathematical content.
- I'm pushing back the due date for the second assignment to Wednesday, 1/30.
- I'm handing back your section preferences. This is half of your first assignment. If you also completed your on-line survey, then you successfully completed the first assignment. This assignment will serve as an extra homework replacement: 100% if you did both parts; 50% if you did only one.
Do you want to take a look back at any of the games before we move on?
- Let's Make a Deal!
  - Collect Data
  - Play it fast!
  - Expand/Extend the game
- Dropping Trou
  - Models again....
- Fountain
  - Just do it!
- Dot
  - What's psychology got to do with it?
- Meanie Genie
  - Don't be a turkey!
- Dodgeball
New "games":
- #2: Politicians on parade
  - "Carefully understand and analyze the facts at hand."
- #5: It's in the box
  - "Carefully consider the outcomes of various scenarios."
- #8: The Cannibals and the missionaries
  - "Devising a good representation of a problem is frequently the biggest step toward finding a solution."
- #9: Whom do you trust?
  - A rock of certainty can be the foundation of a tower of truth."
- #14: A shaky story
  - "If you have a hard problem, first work on a simpler, related problem to develop insight."
- #15: Murray's brother
  - "Don't ignore information."

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