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Instructor notes:
This is an initial activity for the start of the semester. As such, the process of or!in" ith the "roups ill #e ne . Process o#$ectives are: The activity fosters communication s!ills #y re%uestin" the mana"er to discuss the ans ers ith the team. &ach person in the "roup has a particular role to play. This fosters some dependence amon" the team mem#ers. Team or!'(hile the process of calculatin" an avera"e should #e simple for the students )the initial activity*, the thou"hts of ho to descri#e that process in a "eneric al"orithm may #e. The "roup ill or! to"ether to try to fi"ure out ho to #uild this al"orithm and post the results on the #oard. This activity also introduces the students to POGIL and ho it ill or! in the conte+t of this classroom.

1-IntroToPOGILAve.doc ,- 1./ In ,lass Activity 0 (hat is this class all a#out1 ,ontent O#$ectives: At the conclusion of this activity students ill #e a#le to: 2efine al"orithm in one3s o n ords Given a familiar tas!, thin! throu"h the steps and develop a "eneral al"orithm to accomplish that tas!. Given an al"orithm, develop test cases to test the validity of the al"orithm

Introduction to POGIL Activities POGIL 0 Process Oriented Group In%uiry Learnin" is a Learner ,entered teachin" techni%ue in hich co-dependent "roups or! to"ether to learn ne material. (e ill often use these !inds of activities in lecture. &ach person in the "roup has a role to play. 4ou may choose anyone to serve in these roles, #ut only one role per person. The roles are: 5A6AG&7: The 5A6AG&7 !eeps the "roup on tas! and ill #e the person to as! %uestions of the instructor or another "roup if necessary. The mana"er also "ets necessary supplies for the "roup and turns the folder #ac! in at the end of each class period ith the "roup ans er sheets and other materials as specified in the activity. 7&,O72&7: The 7&,O72&7 rites the "roup ans ers on the hand in materials. 6OT&: &ach mem#er of the "roup is responsi#le for recordin" their o n ans ers on their o n or!sheets. These ill #e your class notes. The "roup ans er sheet is to put record the consensus #est ans ers for turn in. P7&-&6T&7: If called upon, this person ill report on the "roup ans er )that the recorder has recorded* and ill put all 8OA72 %uestions up on the hite#oard. 7&9L&,TO7: If there are : people or more in the "roup, reflectors thin! a#out the activity and fill out the e+it pass at the end of the class session. They should indicate anythin" in the activity that the "roup had trou#le ith )Activity fu;;y*, anythin" in the material content that the "roup still is havin" trou#le ith ),ontent fu;;y*, and one thin" that ent ell this day )<ooray*. In POGIL activities, "roup mem#ers ill or! to"ether to come to some common understandin" of the content material. (hile you may as! the instructor for help, in most cases the activity is desi"ned to let you restle ith some ne content. 9or this class, most of the POGIL activities ill #e application pro#lems that you ill need to or! throu"h #ased on a pre-class tutorial that you ill vie prior to that day3s class. 4ou ill see 8OA72 at the start of some of the activities or %uestions. (hen you encounter a 8OA72 %uestion, the recorder should record the "roup name and ans er to that %uestion)s* on the hite #oard. Today3s activity PA7T 1 0 Get to !no your team 5A6AG&7 0 The mana"er is the person ho "ot the folder for their team. 5ana"er, help the team to select a 7&,O72&7 to record the "roups3 ans ers. <elp the team select a P7&-&6T&7 ho ill present the "roup al"orithm for the 8OA72 %uestion. 2istri#ute to each person in the team a copy of the one pa"e sylla#us for this class. =sin" the Our Team or!sheet, share some information a#out your team ith one another and choose a team name. This is the name that you ill use throu"hout the semester. 5A6AG&7 0 (hen this activity is complete, place the Our Team or!sheet into the folder for hand in.

1-IntroToPOGILAve.doc PA7T> 0 (hat is an al"orithm1 In this section and for most of the activities this semester, each person should or! throu"h the %uestion, then compare ans ers ith the "roup. -top at each %uestion to ma!e sure that each person in the "roup understands the ans er and to ma!e sure that the recorder has the correct "roup ans er on their sheet. 1. ,alculate the avera"e )to 1 decimal place* of the follo in" num#ers, ithout usin" a calculator. Thin! a#out the process. ?, >@, -: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA >. ,alculate the avera"e )to 1 decimal place* of the follo in" num#ers, ithout usin" a calculator. 1>, .:, 1/.., >@.> AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA .. Is there any limit to the len"th of the series of num#ers for hich you can calculate an avera"e1 (hy or hy not1

:. ,reate another e+ample pro#lem usin" a different len"th series of num#ers to avera"e.

?. 8OA72 If you ere to rite instructions for someone a#out ho to calculate an avera"e of num#ers #y hand, hat ould those instructions #e1 (or! ith this in your "roup. =se the e+amples that you created to test your al"orithm. (hen you #elieve that your al"orithm or!s ell, put it on the #oard.

B. As other students put their ans ers on the #oard, compare them to yours. Thin! a#out the reasons hy your instructions may seem #etter to you than another team3s or hy their instructions are #etter than yours.

@. List here the %ualities of the #est instructions. (hat ma!es for "ood instructions

C. These instructions are also called al"orithms. In your o n ords, hat is an al"orithm1 (hat are the %ualities of a "ood al"orithm1

5A6AG&7 0 <ave someone on your team erase your area on the hite #oard. <ave the reflectors fill out the &+it Pass. Place it, the Group 7esponse -heet and your Our Team or!sheet into your "roup3s folder and turn it in to the instructor. If you have rearran"ed chairs or ta#les, please return to their ori"inal positions.

1-IntroToPOGILAve.doc Group 7esponse -heet for AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 1. ,alculate the avera"e )to 1 decimal place* of the follo in" num#ers, ithout usin" a calculator. Thin! a#out the process. ?, >@, -: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA >. ,alculate the avera"e )to 1 decimal place* of the follo in" num#ers, ithout usin" a calculator. 1>, .:, 1/.., >@.> AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA .. Is there any limit to the len"th of the series of num#ers for hich you can calculate an avera"e1 (hy or hy not1

:. (hat other e+amples did you come up ith1

?. 8OA72 If you ere to rite instructions for someone a#out ho to calculate an avera"e of num#ers #y hand, hat ould those instructions #e1 (or! ith this in your "roup.

B. As other students put their ans ers on the #oard, compare them to yours. Thin! a#out the reasons hy your instructions may seem #etter to you than another team3s or hy their instructions are #etter than yours.

@. List here the %ualities of the #est instructions. (hat ma!es for "ood instructions1

C. These instructions are also called al"orithms. In your o n ords, hat is an al"orithm1 (hat are the %ualities of a "ood al"orithm1