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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As most of you know, the Dynamic Study Modules which were copied over from my Au20 course<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">to Sp21 have not been working. The DSMs are actually always available by default in MC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">It turns out Pearson made changes to these and when they did the old ones would no longer work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">It only took about a week to get this figured out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">They now have DSMs by Topic and by Chapter. The ones I’ve been using are by topic, which<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">means I can split them up better as we’re going along. The ones which are by chapter would<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">have to come at the end of each chapter or perhaps before the midterm to use as a review.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The questions used in the two types are pretty much the same.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I have to remake and repost them. I’ve done this for up to ch 14 so far, using the topical DSMs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Chapter DSMs are available even w/o me assigning them (all DSMs are). The two from<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">the first week are there and still available. If you’ve used DSMs before you won’t need the Intro<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">one but you might still want to do the math one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The DSMs are NOT for credit and just for practice. The questions tend to be a more basic level<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">and often are much easier than the end-of-chapter problems. The are always randomized. You<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">should not base your assessment of how well you know the material on these. The EOC,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MC Tutorials and Homework Review sets are more difficult and require a deeper understanding.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">They are more indicative of what you’ll see on quizzes and exams.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Speaking to the Pearson rep this morning about the problems in the DSMs he stated they are<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">set up like this on purpose, with more basic questions. They’re there to help if you’re really<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">struggling. Some people use them for credit just to see if someone has read the book and done<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">at least a few problems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Honestly, if you’re reading as we’re going along, doing EOC exercises and the Mastering which<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">is for credit as part of your review before quizzes and you can do these on your own in a reasonably<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">quick manner you should be okay. Sometimes students will remark they want extra problems to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">work on and ask if they should do the DSMs. You could. Remember, you have lots of extra<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">problems to work on. There are generally over 100 EOC exercises. Unless you can tell me you’ve<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">done every last one of them it means you have more for practice. Plus, there’s the Give it Some<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thought, Go Figure, Self Review/Assessment questions and Sample Exercises (and the two Practice<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Exercises which follow) in the reading before you even try the EOC or MC questions. If you’ve<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">done all this and can eventually answer questions on your own I think you’re doing fine and probably<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">don’t really need the DSMs. There’s so much you all have to do as it is.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">So with all of what’s available you may not need to do the DSMs in Mastering. They will be there if<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">you need them. If you do the ones I’ve put in your calendar on Mastering and then try one of the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">chapter DSMs let me know which you prefer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I just noticed when I opened a DSM a message “On Sat., Jan 23, DSMs will be enhancing our<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">application and performing system maintenance between 7 AM and 9 AM”. That means I could be<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">starting all over again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr. Zellmer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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