Exam 3 clicker scores are now up for almost everybody.

Exam 3 clicker scores are now up for almost everybody. Exceptions:

1. morning sec. 0001 students who left before 9:10 AM -- we are trying to reconstruct your data;
2. a few students who did not click (e.g., forgot their clickers).

But for the majority, your three midterm exam scores are now complete. You can now make an estimate of your grades before the W deadline, but under the following provisions:

1. You have to remember the grade scale for THIS course:
   1. 90% average
   2. 75%
   3. 60%
   4. 50%
   6. below 50%
I emphasize this because so many students forget the actual grade scale!

2. Your other pointage, from participation in lecture and homework, factors in as a N_p/20 for participation and N_h/20 for homework. You can estimate N_p and N_h by looking over your Grades page.
3. So you make your estimate based on possible 160 points available to date: 120 from exams, 40 from HW and clickiing.
4. One of these midterms might be the one you drop, after you've taken Exam 4 on Nov. 20.

So there is a lot of roughness in your estimate right now. You can make an estimate, but it still boils down to a judgement call on your part.

Guest instructors on Monday

I will be at a physics conference in Colorado on Monday. To provide a lecture for me, I have asked Dr. Fernandez and Dr. Chini of the physics department to proved a Ch. 8 lecture, mainly on the structure of the atom and atomic spectra. They will have a set of iClicker questions, 6 or more, of my design, so be ready.

Dr. Yan Fernandez 8:30 AM lecture

Dr. Jacquelyn Chini 1:30 PM lecture

Taking signups for SSG in Library

I am taking signups for SSG in the Library/Java City right now, until about 1:15 PM. This is for the first group. Signups will open up for everyone at 2:30 PM, when I get back to the Java City after the afternoon lecture.

Signups procedure

Here is the signup procedure for Special Study Groups this coming week, for the students who just got a message in Webcourses from me about signups:

1. Look over the Full SSG Schedule page, linked to the home page, right below the HW 16 link.
2. Find one or two SSGs that fit your Monday/Tuesday schedule.
3. Sign up for your top choice, starting at 7:30 AM on Monday, in our lecture hall, MSB260.
4. I will be there at 7:30 AM with signup sheets. Bring your campus ID. First come, first served.
5. If you cannot get there before lecture starts at 8:30 AM, then you can catch me in the Library cafe from about 9:30 AM until 12:30 PM, after which I will head back to MSB260 for my afternoon lecture.

If you did not get a message about this in Webcourses from me, then you'll have to wait until 2:30 PM, Monday; if there are any more spots, maybe you can sign up.

Full schedule of SSG sessions

The full schedule for SSG sessions is now set. It is linked to the home page in Webcourses.

For those of you who have a test average below 60%, total points 47 points or fewer, you will have the first shot at signing up, starting at 7:30 AM in our lecture hall, MSB260. Signups will continue after the morning lecture, until the SSGs fill up.

There are not nearly as many SSGs as I need, so if your exam average is above 60%, 48 points or more from Exam 1 and Exam 2, then you most likely will NOT get a shot at SSG this time around.

Anyway, be alert and ready.

Please take the Exam 2 double check.

To double check your scantron scores, I set up a tiny "quiz" object in Webcourses. It asks you

1. if you have your printout yet or not,
2. if the scantron contains some "double answer" incorrects, or
3. if it contains "blank" incorrects.

Please take this quiz before Wednesday, and it will help us get your scantron score squared away if you do have a false double (one answer + one smudge) or a false blank (one answer but too light).

If you have not gotten your exam 2 printout yet, you are already squared away. I did catch a few doubles and blanks.

Your i>Clicker2 data

I just finished uploading your i>Clicker2 data from today's exam: the points you earned, out of 4 possible.

I also posted the actual number you entered for your answer on #2, the three-pointer. Morning section: v = 7.0 m/sec. Afternoon section: Q = 38750 cal. Those of you who did not enter a number on #2, I posted -1 to signify "no answer sent."

No word yet from test scoring concerning your scantrons. We will have to wait until tomorrow, maybe Friday for that data.

Exam 2 today

Exam 2 today
Bring UCF raspberry scantron, calculator, i>Clicker2, pencil, good eraser.

Erasures

Use this for erasure of scantron dots.