Exam Policy:
This course will have one in-class hour exam and a final exam. See the
course calendar for the exam dates.
You may find the following information about exams to be important:
- Exam questions will be substantially like those on the quizzes, and
will require you to do more than simply redo problems that we have done in
class or on homework but with different numbers.
- You are responsible for knowing the precise definitions, statements of
theorems, and proofs that we cover in class, and you may be asked to
reproduce these on exams and quizzes.
- You are expected to know how to do all the homework problems that have
been assigned, even if we didn't go over them in class. If you have
questions about a homework problem, be sure to ask them before the exams.
In-class exams serve a different function from take-home problems. Since
the exams are for a short period of time, they test how quickly and
accurately you can do the problems and what information you have at your
fingertips, whereas take-home quizzes test how well you can figure out hard
problems over a longer period of time. You will feel rushed on an in-class
exam, and you may not be able to finish it all. If you do not know how to
do a particular problem, you will not have time to figure it out from first
principles. In-class exams are not about how much you can figure out, but
about how much you know how to do already. I will not ask you to develop
new techniques on an in-class exam, but I will expect you to be able to use
techniques, definitions and theorems we have already developed in class or
in the homework. If you do not know these, you are unlikely to be able to
complete the exam in time.
There will be no make-up or early exams without my prior approval at
least a week in advance. The final exam can not be rescheduled. See the grading policy for a breakdown of what each exam
will be worth.
If you have a learning disability for which you should receive extra
time on exams, you must inform me of this by the end of the second week of
class. You also should make arrangements with the office of the Dean of
Students to inform me that they have the proper documentation for your
condition on file.
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Math 15 (Fall 2000) web pages
Created: 26 Aug 2000
Last modified: 28 Aug 2000 14:41:57
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