Category: Tests

Instructions for Test #3b are detailed here and summarized below.

1. Make sure you are familiar with the academic honesty policy here.
2. If you haven’t already, sign up for an interview time slot here (Webex/Zoom links for interviews will be posted later).
3. Test #3b opens Wednesday at noon; closes Friday at noon.
4. Once you start the test, you have one hour to complete the WeBWorK component and another 30 minutes to submit your written work. (Late submissions will incur a penalty of 5 points every 30 minutes.)
5. Show all your work. Use a new piece of paper for each question. Write the page number and question number clearly at the top of the page, along with your name.
   • If you are integrating, don’t forget to check your antiderivatives by differentiating.
   • If you are using a convergence test, don’t forget to state which one.
6. If you use scrap paper for your rough work, write “Rough” at the top of the page and include it at the end of the document with your written work.
7. Submit your written work as a single PDF. Include your Student ID in the photos of your work.
8. Use this link to upload your written work (this is a different link from last week’s for Test #3a).
9. After you take the test, you can take a second version of it (with different questions) after 24 hours. Use the same link to upload your written work. Only the written work corresponding to the higher WeBWorK score will be graded.
10. Try to relax, if you can! Just do your best, whatever your best is right now.
    • This test has 5 questions.
    • You have two days during which you can take two versions of the test.
    • You have the option to change your course grade to credit/no credit later.
    • This test is important for your course grade, but grades might not be the most important thing in your life right now.

Your WeBWorK test score will not count toward your Test #3 grade. It will be used only to determine which version of your written work will be graded. Your Test #3 grade will be calculated as follows:

• • 1/3 Test #3a written work
  • 1/3 Test #3b written work
  • 1/3 interview

Instructions for Test #3a are detailed here and summarized below.

1. Make sure you are familiar with the academic honesty policy here.
2. Sign up for an interview time slot here (Webex links for interviews will be posted later).
3. Test #3a opens Wednesday at noon; closes Friday at noon.
4. Once you start the test, you have one hour to complete the WeBWorK component and another 10 minutes to submit your written work.
5. Show all your work. Use a new piece of paper for each question. Write the page number and question number clearly at the top of the page, along with your name.
   • If you are integrating, don’t forget to check your antiderivatives by differentiating.
   • If you are using a convergence test, don’t forget to state which one.
6. If you use scrap paper for your rough work, write “Rough” at the top of the page and include it at the end of the document with your written work.
7. Submit your written work as a single PDF. Include your Student ID in the photos of your work.
8. Use this link to upload your written work.
9. After you take the test, you can take a second version of it (with different questions) after 24 hours. Use the same link to upload your written work. Only the written work corresponding to the higher WeBWorK score will be graded.
10. Try to relax, if you can! Just do your best, whatever your best is right now.
    • This test has 5 questions that were taken directly from your WeBWorK homework sets, so you’ve seen them before.
    • You have two days during which you can take two versions of the test.
    • You have the option to change your course grade to credit/no credit later.
    • This test is important for your course grade, but grades might not be the most important thing in your life right now.

Your WeBWorK test score will not count toward your Test #3 grade. It will be used only to determine which version of your written work will be graded. Your Test #3 grade will be calculated as follows:

• • 1/3 Test #3a written work
  • 1/3 Test #3b written work
  • 1/3 interview

As announced in class, Test #3a and #3b will have three components:

1. WeBWorK
2. Written work
3. One-on-one interview

WeBWorK

As before, your questions will be delivered via Webwork. Test #3a has 5 questions and Test #3b has 5 questions (it will look like 6 questions; the first “question” is an academic integrity statement). The tests will be open for 2 days each. Your timer will count down from 1 hour after you start the test.

One thing that is different from Test #2 is that, if you want, you’ll be able to take a second version of the test within 24 hours of submitting your first version. This is optional. These will be completely different problems. You must submit written work for each version.

Your Webwork score will not count toward your overall grade EXCEPT if you submit two versions of the test; only one version of your written work will be graded: the version with the highest Webwork score. If the two scores are equal, your second submission will be the one that’s graded.

Test #3a: opens Wednesday, April 29 at 12 noon, closes Friday, May 1 at 12 noon (scroll to “Take Test 3a test “)

Test #3b opens Wednesday, May 6 at 12 noon, closes Friday, May 8 at 12 noon (scroll to “Take Test 3b test “)

Please let me know if you will not be able to complete the tests during these times so we can make other arrangements.

Written work

There are several ways to turn your written work into a single PDF document. If you are writing your work on paper and taking photos, place your student ID in the picture.

You will receive an email with a Dropbox File request from me. You do not have to have a Dropbox account (you will not even use your own Dropbox account if you have one). The email will contain a link where you can upload your PDF. Use the same link to upload written work if you take a second version of the test.

You have 10 minutes after your Webwork submission to assemble your written work into a single PDF document and share it with me.

Some good habits:

• as you are working, write the page number at the top of each page;
• write all questions on separate pages;
• write the question number very large and clear;
• if a question goes onto a second page write which number it is and “continued” at the top of the second page.

Your written work will be graded as usual. Don’t forget to check any antiderivatives you take by differentiating. Use good style.

Your written work counts for 2/3 of your exam grade.

One-on-one interview

Deadline to sign up for a time slot: Wednesday, April 29 at noon. Let me know if you aren’t available during any of the slots and we’ll make alternate arrangements. (Peter and Tony: please sign up for back-to-back slots.)

Sign up for an available time slot here. Please don’t move your classmates’ names around after they’ve entered theirs!

Interviews will be conducted over Webex. Links will be shared shortly. Please arrive on time as we have only 5 minutes. Make sure you have your work with you; we’ll both be looking at it. At the interview, I’ll ask you to explain your thought process for one or two of your solutions. Don’t just read what’s written on the page. Your work doesn’t have to be 100% correct, I just need to understand what was going through your mind as you wrote each step. This is a new skill, so practice doing this out loud before the interview.

There will be only one interview for Test #3. You maybe be asked about written solutions on your Test #3a or Test #3b.

You’ll receive a grade out of 5 for your interview component.

Your interview counts for 1/3 of your exam grade.