Semester Exam Information

The semester final exam provides an opportunity to earn a 65, and avoid credit recovery, to folks who can demonstrate mastery of course material despite failure to produce adequate work. It will be offered Wednesday the 27th at 9am in room 605.  

On Tuesday night, at the latest, a list of people who've earned the chance to take the exam will be posted on this blog.

To earn the 65 you need to achieve a 65% or higher on the multiple choice exam.

It will include material from the whole semester - drawn largely from the following three blogs:

Andy

John

YuXi

My theory is that we've learned a lot, and that much of our learning has been shared online and with each other. I don't think my thoughts are the only ones that matter. So to demonstrate mastery of the content, you need to be able to show that you understand and can apply the concepts and information from the course from my blog and two outstanding student blogs.

Sample questions:

Which of the following can be considered a prehistoric representation of reality?

a. photographs

b. block printed novel

c. language

d. telescope

Ryan, the protagonist of John's cool story, successfully inspires the physics class to;

a. learn

b. do their own experiments

c. dance

d. defy the teacher

The take home relevance of Merchants of Cool, according to YuXi, is that;

a. kids are stupid

b. kids aren't stupid

c. corporations are evil

d. corporations aren't evil

I invite you to submit questions (must include the multiple choice options) for possible inclusion in the exam.  So far, no one has done this, which strikes me as particularly strange since it would significantly improve your chances of passing.