The exam will cover

• material in Chapters 1-2-3 of textbook
  • all material in the chapter may appear on exam
  • even if not specifically covered in lecture
• chapter summary is an important place to start review
• questions at end of chapter are a good guide to exam topics

Textbook:

• The questions at the end of each chapter are divided into three types
  • 1. Emphasizing Essentials
    • facts, vocabulary, significance
    • calculations, numbers
  • 2. Concentrating on Concepts
    • underlying theories, models
    • fundamental theory and application to significant problems
  • 3. Exploring Extensions
    • this is where we really want to go
    • as noted earlier, hardest to put into exam format
• Looking over all of the questions 1-2 is good guide
  • do the questions make sense?
    • If they don't make sense, you don't understand basics yet
    • Can't hope to solve questions that don't make sense
  • can you answer the question?
    • initially, going back to the material in the text
    • working examples in the text

Remember-- Practice and Rehearsal for an event should ultimately resemble the event

• learning to answer questions with open textbook is not good practice for an exam
• answering questions using the book is a good learning strategy

I tend to draw most (not all) questions from the book

• I'll prepare by writing down the 3-5 most important ideas in a chapter
• I'll try to create 1-2 questions addressing each key idea
• This is probably the guide to half of the questions that appear on an exam
• You could do similar review and anticipate most of my questions
• I don't try to be sneaky or try to find points you might overlook
  • Also, recognize that some broader issues are hard to address in simple multiple-choice questions

Lectures:

• In most instances the lecture and text cover the same material
• I try to use a different approach and often different sequence
• I may use different examples
• (In this sense, exam is either lecture or textbook)
• (text provides more details than lecture outlines posted on the Web)
• Lectures do include some additional material
• Element of the Day is the most visible
• Probably 10% of exam will be from lecture and not in text
  • concepts, facts, not just specific examples

Exam Format

• I'm planning for about 35 multiple choice questions (70 %)
  • about equally divided over three chapters
• Then 1-2 pages with written response (about 30%)
  • mostly write the word, symbol
    • express a number (scientific notation)
    • short response (phrase, 1-2 sentences)
    • brief explanation (1 sentence)
• There will be no long written answers

• Time is rigidly enforced at 50 minutes
• We pass papers out from the front of the room
• Bring pencils
• Bring ID card
• Calculators not needed
• A copy of periodic table is available (wall, printed)
  • but only with Symbols (K not Potassium)

Will hold a Evening review/question session Monday