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In my current math class, we are constantly leap frogging throughout the text. In week 1, we did a couple things from chapter 6, not going through it fully- just a few sections here and there. In week 2, we went to chapter 3, again only doing a couple sections somewhere in the middle of the chapter. We just finished week 7 and this is non stop. This next class period will be on chapter 8.8, and in going through the section, it assumes you know about functions and domains- yet we aren't going over functions and domains until next month.
This is extremely frustrating. I asked about it, and I was told "the head of the math department wants it to be taught this way". I also asked why we don't cover entire chapters, just little bits and pieces of them, and I was told "I don't expect you to know this information". What the hell kind of approach to teaching is this? I don't want some watered down garbage so that you can raise your pass rates for your class. My notes are near impossible to decipher now that I have a minuscule portion of a chapter, the followed by a minuscule portion of an entirely different chapter.
Is this common methodology in university math courses?
This is extremely frustrating. I asked about it, and I was told "the head of the math department wants it to be taught this way". I also asked why we don't cover entire chapters, just little bits and pieces of them, and I was told "I don't expect you to know this information". What the hell kind of approach to teaching is this? I don't want some watered down garbage so that you can raise your pass rates for your class. My notes are near impossible to decipher now that I have a minuscule portion of a chapter, the followed by a minuscule portion of an entirely different chapter.
Is this common methodology in university math courses?