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I know you're all busy trying to catch up and study for the exam.
You can't<br>
fall behind. Since you should not work on the exact same thing for
too long<br>
at once, try to go back and forth between studying for the exam and
the new<br>
material, taking breaks in between each.<br>
<br>
Ch 16 material is up in MC.<br>
<br>
There's the tutorials and sample exercise practice exercise #1
questions (so<br>
you can find the answers to those if you choose to do them). These
are<br>
NOT worth any points. Do them if you wish.<br>
<br>
The DSM module is available until next Wed. at 11:59 PM but you
should<br>
be doing the questions as we go along and you're reading the
sections. this<br>
is for credit.<br>
<br>
I know people are really busy so I've limited the Ch 16 homework
review<br>
(which is for credit) to 21 questions. Many of these should go very
quickly,<br>
assuming you've done problems I've assigned from the book. <b>The
due date</b><b><br>
</b><b>is a little different. I've made it 8 AM Thursday morning
rather than the</b><b><br>
</b><b>night of the quiz.</b> The whole point of these problems is
to use them as a<br>
review before the quiz after you've done the problems. Doing these
problems<br>
and the DSM questions will not be enough for you to succeed. You
have to<br>
do the reading and problems and then do more problems.<br>
<br>
I've heard the following about the homework, "are there hints?",<br>
"I like the ones with the feedback", "should I be doing any
problems other<br>
than the ones on MC?", etc.<br>
<br>
It appears they have hints for some things but not others. It seems
they<br>
don't have them for either most or all of the homework problems, the<br>
DSM sets or the Practice Exercises. There are hints for the
tutorials.<br>
<br>
The Practice Exercises and tutorials have feedback. The DSM sets
don't have<br>
feedback. Some of the homework review problems have feedback and
some<br>
don't. I would like it myself if every problem had feedback. The
ones that<br>
give feedback at the end when you're done show the pages in the book
to<br>
refer to.<br>
<br>
The homework problems from the book have hints and feedback. When
you<br>
do the book problems every single one has hints and feedback.
That's the<br>
solutions manual. You try a homework problem. Don't give up too
quickly<br>
and don't sit there for too long just wondering how to start or if
you're doing<br>
it correctly. After 1-2 minutes take a peak at the solutions
manual. Most of<br>
the problems have Analyze and Plan (just like the Sample Exercises
w/in the<br>
sections). Take a look at that part to see if you're doing the
problem correctly<br>
or how to get started. Then if you get stuck again take another
look. However,<br>
when you do get help you need to do another problem right away to
reinforce<br>
what you just say (kind of the idea behind the DSM problems). The
problems<br>
have "feedback". The solutions are pretty detailed with
explanations. Then do<br>
some more for a review the day before the quiz. Use the homework on
MC<br>
for your review.<br>
<br>
I agree it would be very nice if all the on-line problems had
feedback but I have<br>
no control over that. If you get stuck or don't understand an
on-line problem<br>
please feel free to ask.<br>
<br>
Some of the on-line homework problems are from the book or are
similar (maybe<br>
different compounds or numbers). This doesn't mean to simply look
at the<br>
solutions manual or get answers from somewhere else. This won't do
you any<br>
good. You will not have learned the material and that will show up
on the exam.<br>
<br>
Speaking of which. Time to get back to that and time for me to get
back to<br>
making corrections to next years lab manual for my 1250 course.<br>
<br>
See you tomorrow at the review.<br>
<br>
Dr. Zellmer<br>
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