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Gateway Tests
All instructors will periodically give gateway
tests on basic skills, e.g. differentiation. The tests are already developed for your use.
Students will be required to pass the gateway tests, but they can retake each test as many
times as necessary in order to pass. We have found that students like being able to retake
the tests, and it encourages them to continue studying until they know the material.
The first test will be given during class time. Each additional test will be given and
monitored during your off~ce hours or administered in the Math Lab. There is a system of
computerized practice tests on the Web which students use to qualify to take additional
tests. You will be told the particulars of the procedure during a staff meeting.
Quizzes
- The timing of exams is built into a syllabus, but
you should give quizzes more frequently. Quizzes needn't be long to be effective, 15-20
minutes is plenty of time
- All material which is handed out to a class should
be written neatly and clearly. Try to get another instructor to check your quizzes for
errors, because it's easy to make mistakes.
- Coordinators may ask to check your quizzes before
you give them. The coordinator may have samples of quizzes given by instructors in
previous years. Feel free to borrow each other's quizzes and share the work.
- Try not to bother with make-up quizzes; just
announce that you'll drop one or two instead. If you have to give one, you may be able to
borrow one from another instructor.
- Proctor quizzes carefully. Begin by having
students spread out in the room and put away all other books and papers. The most frequent
form of cheating is copying another student's work, so tell them to keep their eyes on
their own papers, and make it clear to students that you are paying attention. (see The
Instructor-Student Relationship, Dishonesty and Cheating)
- When you return quizzes, you may not have time to
go over each question in class. You can either go over problems which were missed by many
class members or distribute a solution sheet.
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