HigherEd 2.0

I have just been compiling some statistics about the project that I want to share with you.
The Wiki The course wiki was popular, especially in the last day or two before the exam (as expected). I must admit that this data is a bit incomplete, because I have not verified that the Javascript […]

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They are now available on Toolkit. And all your materials have been filed in your folders outside my office. Some things to note:

Overall average for the course was about 81.1%. This is a bit higher than I expected, but a very welcome surprise.
As such, there was very little-to-zero curve on […]

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The final exam has been graded and is filed in your folder outside my door. You can check your final grades on Toolkit, but first here is some information about the final exam.

The average on the final is 74.59%. This was a challenging exam for sure.
Grade distribution was okay, and you […]

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James Clarke has jammed together a mash-up of torsion-related materials from Chapter 5. It includes the salient materials on the torsion formula, and will make an excellent complement to the torsion formula page of the wiki. If you don’t have the right plug-in for your browser, just download it to your desktop.

 

 Mash-Up: Torsion: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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James Calabrese provides a nice video solution to Prob. 9-99., which is a good mechanics problem starting with the physical situation and ending with Mohr’s circle.

 

 Prob. 9-99: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Pat Mandeville has provided a nice video solution to Prob. 9-37. Follow along–this is nice work.

 

 Prob. 9-37: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Malcolm Sonnett has assembled a very nice solution to a challenging 3-D problem. Enjoy! PS: if you have the .wmv plug-in for your browser, you can view it in the pop-up. Otherwise, download to your desktop then watch it.

 

 Prob. 9-31: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Classic! Javed Mondal and Alyson Welsh have put together two nice, entertaining solutions. Now all we need is Snidely Whiplash to make an appearance…

 

 Prob. 6-172: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Prob. 7-28: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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