This assignment is given the week before an exam. As students study, they are to form precise questions about material they find to be confusing. These questions are then discussed in recitation.
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Context: This lesson plan is from a weekly communication recitation that accompanies M.I.T.’s Real Analysis (18.100C). This week students learn about completeness and sequences and series (Rudin pp. 42-43, 47-69, 71-75). There’s an exam next week on the first third of the course. Likely trouble spots for students at this point in the term include infinite series and preparing for the exam. Authors: This recitation was suggested by Susan Ruff. The description of the recitation below is by Kyle Ormsby. Communication objectives: Formulating precise questions; informal oral communication (communicating to learn) Recitation “We held a question discussion during this recitation.
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