LWS-Calculus-II

Test/Quiz Aftermath (Keep a copy of this somewhere safe you will be using this all year)

Directions:  Spend some time looking over your quiz or test, and assess your performance by completing the following items.  This assignment is due at the beginning of our next class meeting.  Please take time to seriously reflect on your work, and do your best to offer neatly organized and legible responses.  Each item is worth 3 points.  If your score on the test or quiz was 100% only do 1 and 2. 

1. On a piece of notebook paper, write about your performance on the test or quiz, pointing out one or two specific strengths and one or two specific weaknesses in your mathematics.  Be sure to focus on the mathematics concepts rather than your test-taking skills, and identify those concepts using accurate math terminology. 
2. As in the case with most tests or quizzes, you probably prepared yourself to do some type of problem or exercise that did not show up on the test or quiz.  On your paper, demonstrate your understanding of a significant concept that was not included on the test by showing an example and working through it.  (Do not simply copy an example from your book or notes, but make up a similar problem of your own.)  Please explain your problem, strategy, and solution carefully so I am convinced of your understanding. 
3. You are possibly experiencing some "feelings" concerning the test or quiz you just got back.  If you are like me, you may now realize that you "totally blew" a problem you should have been able to do, and you wish you could do it over.  Well here's your chance (these points will not apply to the test).  Please identify the problem you missed and show me that you really can do that problem correctly.  Use your book and notes as needed, but try to do the work without the assistance of any other person - remember, you've chosen a test or quiz problem you believe you should have done.  Be sure to show or explain all work (or thinking) necessary in arriving at the correct solution.