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JOE LEWIS: Hi.

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My name is Joe Lewis.

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At the time of this recording in
2010 I'm a graduate student

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in the Math Department at MIT,
and I'm also a TA for OCW

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Scholar 1801 and 1802.

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CHRISTINE BREINER: Hi.

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I'm Christine Breiner.

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I'm a Moore Instructor here at
MIT and for OCW Scholar, I'll

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be a teaching assistant
for 1801 and for 1802.

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DAVID JORDAN: My name is David
Jordan and I'm a graduate

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student here at MIT.

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And I'm a TA for OpenCourseWare
Scholar 1802.

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So I thought I would say a
little bit about what we do

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with recitations here at MIT.

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So, the purpose of the
recitations is for you to

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apply what you've learned in
lecture towards solving

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specific concrete problems and
then for you to compare your

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solutions to those problems
with those of your TA.

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CHRISTINE BREINER: The purpose
of the recitations on OCW

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Scholar is really the same
purpose that David described

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for recitations here at MIT.

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What we want you to do is have
an opportunity to work varying

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levels of problems and then see
us give detailed solutions

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to those problems so that you
can see how we think about

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mathematics.

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JOE LEWIS: Almost all of our
videos have a natural moment

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where you can pause after the
problem's been stated.

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And we really strongly suggest
you work out the problem on a

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piece of paper before going back
to the video and seeing

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our solutions.

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This will help you do
mathematics rather than be

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able just to see mathematics.

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Hope you enjoy the course.

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