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Math Test-Taking 1310 Fall 2008
There will be five tests during the course of the semester and a mandatory,
comprehensive final exam. Each test counts 10% of your semester grade, and
the final exam counts 15% of your semester grade. Here is the testing schedule:
Test
1
Material Covered
Prerequisites
Dates/Location
Aug. 25 Sept. 12
ONLINE
2
Chapter 2, Section 6.1 Sept. 25 Oct. 11
CASA
3
Chapter 3
Oct. 23 Nov. 7
CASA
4
Chapter 4
Nov. 10 Nov. 22
CASA
5
Chapter 5
Dec. 3 Dec. 9
CASA
Final Exam All Course Material,
Dec. 12 Dec. 18
including Prerequisites
CASA
Note: You must earn a total score of at least 60% on the final exam
(including your raw score plus any bonus points you earn on the Practice
Final Exam) to be ELIGIBLE to pass the course. No exceptions will be given
to this rule.
Test 1 will be given online. You must have a CourseWare account set up before
you can take Test 1. You will also need to make a score of 100 on the Course
Policies Quiz before you can take Test 1. To access Test 1, you will need to log
on to CourseWare. Click on Online Assignments and you will see the link to the
test. You will have two chances to take Test 1. We are allowing two chances to
take the test to allow for any technical difficulties you might encounter taking the
test online. If, for example, you get knocked offline while you are taking the test,
you have used up one of your two chances to take the test.
You will take Tests 2 5 and the final exam in the Testing Center. The Testing
Center is also known as CASA. It is located in 221A Garrison. You will be
required to show a Cougar 1 card to check in and take an exam in CASA (a
drivers license will NOT be accepted). You will not be permitted to take personal
belongings (including purses and backpacks) to your testing cubicle; you will be
required to check them. Neither the Department of Mathematics nor the
University of Houston is liable for misplaced, lost, or stolen personal belongings.
If you arrive late for your appointment time at CASA, you may not be allowed to
take your test. This is not an appropriate reason to petition for a Make Up Test.
Courseware is located at http://casa.uh.edu. This website will be used for test
reservations, online quizzes, discussion board help, and other course information
(see below). You are responsible for setting up your account online at the
Courseware site.
Reservations are required for Tests 2 5 and the final exam. The reservations
site is at Courseware: http://casa.uh.edu. A test reservation may be scheduled
as early as two weeks in advance of a testing period; students are urged to take
advantage of this fact to get a convenient day and time to take the test.
Please print a copy of your reservation for your records and take it with you as
proof of a reservation you when go to CASA to take your test. Changing a
reservation is possible, but it depends on space availability if no appointment
times for a change are available you may not change your reservation.
It is possible to reschedule a test appointment during the testing period
(depending on space availability) by using the online scheduler. Do NOT
assume you will be able to reschedule. If you schedule your test in the last time
available, DO NOT miss the appointment time.
Read the FAQs on the CASA webpage for testing procedure and
registration process details .
Names and Keycodes: Some tests will have a free response part that is
individually graded with partial credit. Grades on this portion of the test will be
posted to your grade book about one week after the testing period ends. You will
be able to view your graded free response paper on CourseWare. Test papers
without names and/or keycodes will not be graded and the recorded grade for the
anonymous work will be a zero. Also, note that the work included on your scratch
paper WILL NOT be graded.
Grading Errors: If you suspect there was a grading error on your paper or if
there is a discrepancy between the grade on the online image of your paper and
the gradebook, email your instructor immediately! Your instructor will re-submit
your paper to the grading team for you.
Make-Up Tests: Make-up Tests are given by petition only! See your teacher for
the Make-up Test Petition form within 4 working days of the end of the testing
period. Petitions are considered on a case by case basis by a committee that
does NOT include your teacher. Good documentation is required for a makeup
to be permitted (note: a note from a parent or roommate is NOT good
documentation). Good documentation includes a copy of your reservation time
on CASA; print this out when you make your reservation for your records. Makeup tests will be both longer and harder than the original test. Make-up tests may
also be of a different format (i.e., all free-response). Make-up tests are not
scheduled individually. They are given on a chosen Friday afternoon to every
student with a petition that has been approved during the prior weeks. You may
take a maximum of one make up test during the semester, upon granted petition
as described above.
Retests: Note: Make-up tests are not retests. We do not give retests for any
reason.
Final Exam: The final exam is compulsory and comprehensive. You will take
your final exam in CASA, and you will need to make a reservation for the final
exam, just like you do for Tests 2 5. You must earn a total score of at least
60% on the final exam (including your raw score and any bonus points you
earn on the Practice Final Exam) to be ELIGIBLE to pass the course. No
exceptions will be given to this rule.
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