** TERM TESTS - IMPORTANT INFORMATION **

Date/Time: Tuesday, November 23rd, 11:30am to 12:30pm (during our regularly scheduled class time). Access to the test through childsmath will be available starting at 11:30am and ending at 12:30pm. Note: Students registered with SAS - please email me (clemene@math.mcmaster.ca) at least 48 hours before the test so we can organize your test conditions.

Test 2 will be supervised by your instructor and TAs on MS Teams:

Please join your assigned virtual room meeting in MS Teams between 11:20am and 11:30am on Tuesday, November 23rd. Keep your cameras on, but microphone off, for the duration of the test. If you have any questions for your instructor during the exam, please send a private message through MS Teams.

** IMPORTANT: In order to receive credit for your work, you must remain in the MS Teams call with your camera on for the duration of the test. If you are not able to write the test under the required conditons, you must contact your instructor as soon as possible. Writing the test off camera will result in a test grade of 0. **

Location: All test questions will be available on childsmath. The link should be visible before the date of the test, but greyed out. Final answers for Part 1 (Short Answer Questions) must be entered directly into childsmath before 12:30pm. ANSWERS TO ALL QUESTIONS (Part 1 and Part 2) must ALSO be submitted to the "Assignment" labeled "Test 2 Work Submission" on the Avenue to Learn course homepage. ALL rough work must be submitted to Avenue to Learn before 12:40pm on Tuesday, November 23rd.

Details: The test contains 8 questions, in two components. All questions will be available through the "Test 2" link in childsmath at the time of the test.The test contains two parts:

Part 1: 7 Short Answer Questions. The answers to the short answer questions will be entered directly into the childsmath system. Answers can be saved, and modified as many times as you wish for the duration of the test, but will not be graded during the testing period. All final submitted answers will be graded once when the test period is over. Rough work for these questions must be submitted through Avenue to Learn in the same manner as the full solutions in order to obtain full credit (see below).

Part 2: 1 Full Solution Question. The answers to the full solution question will be submitted to Avenue to Learn, as a single PDF file.

** ALL WORK, both the calculations/explanations for the Short Answer Questions and the full solutions for the Full Solution Question MUST be submitted to Avenue to Learn into the Assignment labeled "Test 2 Work Submission" to receive full credit. **

Additional Information: (1) All submissions must be in PDF format and clearly legible and in your own handwriting. (2) Which question(s) that you are answering should be clearly indicated on your page. Blurry or incomplete images will NOT be considered. (3) If multiple submissions for a given question are made, only the LAST submitted version will be graded. All others will be ignored.

Total Marks: Test is out of 20 marks. Each question will indicate beside the questions how many marks it is worth.

How Your Test is Graded: The Full Solution Question will be hand-marked by your TA, and feedback for these questions will be available in Avenue. The Short Answer Questions are graded automatically in childsmath, so you will see a *preliminary* mark for these questions posted in childsmath shortly after the test has ended. Your TA will look over the calculations/explanations for the Short Answer Questions that you submit in Avenue. If you initially receive full marks for a question in childsmath AND you have supporting work for that question uploaded to Avenue, then you will receive full credit for that question. If you initially receive full marks for a question in childsmath BUT you have no supporting work for that question uploaded to Avenue, then you will only receive partial credit for that question. If you did not receive full marks for a childsmath question, no further marks will be deducted.

Childsmath: This is an online assessment system which was developed by Dr. Aaron Childs in our department. In our course, we will use the system to generate individualized assignments and tests for each student, and automatically grade the short answer questions. It is highly recommended that you practice entering answers symbolically by accessing the SystemTutorial, under the Open Resources heading. (This is also available under our course as Assignment 0.) You can also try any of the available review activities, if you'd like.

Avenue: I have created folders for you to submit your complete solutions for all test questions. You will be required to scan all of your work, in the correct order, and upload as a single PDF. If you wanted to test this out ahead of time, I have opened a "Practice Test Submission" folder in Avenue to Learn.

Other Details: (1) This will be an "open book" test. You may use your PAPER textbook and/or your PAPER notes; HOWEVER, it is strongly encouraged that you study for the test as if it is a closed book test. There will not be time to look up details on how to complete each problem, so really notes should only be used if absolutely necessary (i.e. to check a formula) but ideally, not at all. My suggestion is to create a formula sheet on a single page of paper (front and back) and use this summary for reference, instead of sifting through your entire set of notes. (2) Only the McMaster standard Casio FX991MS or MS+ is allowed. (3) Group work is NOT allowed. (4) Web resources of any kind are NOT allowed. (5) You are not allowed to discuss the contents of the test with anyone (in any form) for the entire duration of the test. (6) Students found communicating information (in any way) about the test at any time during the test period will be charged with academic dishonesty, regardless of whether or not they completed the test prior to communicating the information, and regardless of whether or not they think that the communication was anonymous.

If you have any difficulties, please contact me (Erin Clements) at clemene@math.mcmaster.ca, As Soon As Possible. If you are unable to upload your rough work and/or your long answer solutions into Avenue by 12:40pm on Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021, please email me your submission before this time.

Material covered on Test 2: sections 2.1, 2.7, 2.8, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.6, 4.1, 4.3, and 4.5 in your textbook

To Prepare:

(1) Study your lecture notes, in particular all examples that were done in class. You should be able to explain in words (both formally and in general terms) the concepts we've been studying in addition to being able to redo the problems without looking at solutions. After reading about a concept (for example, critical numbers), spend a bit of time thinking about it. Why are we studying this topic? What are we trying to determine? What does a typical problem look like? What are the steps and strategies for solving problems on this concept? Then, try to independently write solutions for the problems discussed in class.

(2) Study assignments 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 in childsmath, paying particular attention to problems you did not get correct on the first try. Redo some of these questions to test your understanding and, If needed, go over some extra practice questions from the textbook. For each question, cover up your solution and imagine you are looking at that question on your test. Can you describe how to do it? Ask yourself questions like "What is this question asking me to do? How do I start? Are there any special tricks or cases to remember that will help me?" Then either talk yourself through the problem if you are fairly confident you know how to do it and/or redo the problem if you find that writing helps you to learn, or review your notes if you cannot answer your own questions. Afterwards, study the solutions.

(3) Create a formula sheet. While you have access to your full set of paper notes and hardcopy textbook during the test, you will likely not have time to look up content for each question. Creating a formula sheet helps you to discern the most important concepts and formulas studied in the course so far, and summarize it all in one place. Suggestions : include important definitions (e.g. definition of the derivative, definition of a critical number), important concepts (e.g. differentiation rules (+ examples of each), Extreme Value Theorem, Second Derivative Test), algorithms (e.g. how to find critical numbers, how to determine an equation of the tangent line to a curve f(x)), and little notes to yourself of things to pay attention to (e.g. "Remember that differentiability implies continuity, but a continuous function is not necessarily differentiable everywhere." or "Derivative of f at x=a = f'(a) = instantaneous rate of change of f with respect to x at x=a = slope of tangent to graph of f at x=a"). You may also wish to include common syntax used for entering answers in childsmath (for example, cos(3x) = cos(3*x), ln8 = ln(8), e^0.7 = e^(7/10), etc.).

(4) Use (virtual) Math Help Centre for additional help, ask classmates for help (you can use our MS Teams Group Chat if you wish), or come to your instructor's(virtual) office hours.