Next class session:
Test 1 on all sections covered
from Chapters 1 and 2
Remember: If you haven’t yet passed the
Gateway Quiz, you need to review your last
one with a teacher or TA in the open lab and
take another Practice Gateway so you can
take this week’s Gateway Retake.
Math TLC Open Lab Hours:
Monday to Thursday:
8 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Didn’t pass your Gateway Quiz?
Here are the next steps:
• Go over the incorrect answers on your previous
attempts with a TA (and get their signature) in
the Math TLC Open Lab (JHSW 203).
• Take another Practice Gateway Quiz.
– Go over any incorrect answers on the practice
attempts with a TA in the Math TLC Open Lab
• Have a TA in the Math TLC Open Lab sign you
up for a retake time
Gateway Quiz Retake Times
(One new attempt allowed per week, beginning March 7)
• Mondays
– 1:25 pm
– 2:30 pm
• Tuesdays
– 10:10 am
– 11:15 am
• Wednesdays
– 10:10 am
– 11:15 am
• Thursdays
– 1:25 pm
– 2:30 pm
SIGN UP IN THE MATH TLC OPEN LAB!
If NONE of the above times work for you…
email Krystle Mayer, Math TLC Coordinator (JHSW 201) or Dr.
Laura Schmidt, to set up a date and time.
Any questions on the 2.5 homework
on formulas and problem solving?
Please close your laptops now –
You will have time to get a good
start on the practice test after
the short lecture today.
Review for Test 1
Test 1 Covers all sections
covered so far this semester:
Chapter 1: (Working with real numbers)
Sections 1.2 through 1.8
Chapter 2: (Equations & Problem Solving)
Sections 2.1 through 2.5
No calculators are allowed for this test.
(You will be able to use them for all remaining quizzes
and tests except Gateway quizzes after this test.)
To study for the test:
Take Practice Test 1
• The Practice Tests is a regular, required assignment. Your best
score on the practice test DOES count 10 points toward your overall
course grade. Not taking it at all gives you a zero score out of the 10
points for the assignment.
• You can take the practice test as many times as you want, and only
your best score will count for points.
• The practice test has the same number of questions (20) as the real
test that you will take in class.
• Each time you take the practice test, you will get a different set of
questions. The more times you take it, the more likely you will see
all of the types of question that will be on the real test.
• When you REVIEW a completed practice test, you will be able to use
the “Help Me Solve This” and other learning aids, but they will not
be available when you are taking the practice test or the real test.
• You have 75 minutes per attempt at the practice test.
• You will have 55 minutes to take the regular test in class.
Why you should take
advantage of the
opportunity to take the
practice test:
Practice
Test
Tries
Average
Test
Score
Grade
number of
students
0
61
F
9
1
68
C-
6
2
76
C+
13
3
89
A-
7
Test 1 Score vs # of Practice Test Tries
(Math 110-004, Fall 2005)
100
Test 1 Score (%)
90
89
80
76
70
68
60
61
50
0
1
2
Number of Tries at Practice Test 1
3
Additonal things you can do
to study for the test:
Review the homework from the sections in which you missed
questions on the practice test. (Review homework by using the
“Gradebook” function, not the “Assignments” button.)
Review Quizzes 1 and 2 using the Gradebook button.
Using the online gradebook: Click “Review” to view any completed quiz/test (including
practice versions) or HW assignment.
Review your notes and/or the online lecture
slides (online with a link on the homepage).
Reminders:
• Be on time so you’re logged in and ready
to go when I give you the password.
(This is especially important for tests since they will take
the entire 55-minute class period.)
• Bring your POWER CORD. (Your power cord is an
especially important item for the hour-long tests, since
you don’t want to run out of battery power before you
finish.)
• REMEMBER TO SHOW ALL OF YOUR WORK on the
answer/worksheet provided so that we can award partial
credit for partially correct work or typos.
Do any of you who have
already started the
practice test have any
questions you’d like to
have explained?
Go ahead and start the practice
test, and we’ll come around to
help if you have questions.
Remember, the open lab staff
will also be available to help
you with preparing for the test
outside of class time.
Math TLC Open Lab Hours:
Monday to Thursday:
8 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.