The syllabus said written outline was part of the grade but many people including myself took this to mean that the paper should be written in a well outlined manner, Not that a seperate outline was required. This explains why so many people did not turn in an outline. The slides are very helpful. Need to direct lectures more towards the tests. To much useless information given in lecture.
Handouts are good.
The TA who graded the exams was a jerk and acted like he was grading 5XXX level papers.