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4213: Journeys to America
Summer 2011
REQUIRED DIAGNOSTIC EXAM
This Diagnostic Exam is mandatory, but the grade doesn’t count—take it to
familiarize yourself with the sort of questions that will be asked on the
first real exam, Exam#1.
It will only have a few questions, but otherwise will be in the same format
as Exam#1, 2, & 3.
It covers all readings in the first ˝ week: First “Prof” lecture and
e-texts on Columbus, Vespucci, & Montaigne. It does NOT cover the
“Prof” lecture on The Tempest or the play itself.
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General Exam Instructions:
After each exam is taken, I
carefully look at performance patterns to make sure there were no
inadvertent faulty/unfair questions. I do not curve scores, but do
adjust as necessary by throwing out “bad” questions, if the performance
pattern reveals such (e.g., if the top quartile of students do not get the
“bad” question around 70% of the time). So, please be reassured,
although there will be a mix of easy and hard questions, I conduct a
post-exam review to weed out exam-question outliers should there be any.
You get to this Diagnostic Exam by clicking on the “Assessment” icon
on the far left of the Blackboard menu. It will be available for
taking between Saturday July 2nd 9:00pm & Monday July 4th
11:59pm.
You must answer the questions within an allotted 1-hour time period.
Once you start, the clock begins to tick and cannot be turned off.
And you must save your answers and submit the exam 1 minute before
midnight; otherwise the Blackboard system turns your exam into a rotten
pumpkin.
Once the window for taking
the exam closes, you should be able to go back to the exam, by clicking the
assessment icon again, and see your score as well as, at the end of most
questions, an explanation of correct/incorrect answers.
You are not expected to
memorize dates or bullet-list type information in the Wikis. But some
of the questions will test your understanding of the basic
historical/cultural contexts provided by the Wikis. or other outside web
sites.
Do not read my “Prof.” lectures at your own risk!
Only extraordinary, documented emergencies will be accepted for a Make-up
Exam. Prudence (fancy professor word!) would dictate you have a
back-up computer plan (an FIU library or computer lab, Kinko’s, a friend’s,
etc.) should your dog decide to eat your computer.
Should there be some major glitch with the Blackboard testing system:
please do not email me individually. Use the “General Topic” posting
area (right below the area where you filled-in your mini-autobios.) in the
Discussion area of the Blackboard menu. That way, all students will see
that the glitch has been noted.
All best on this and whatever tests you are taking this term, yours,
Prof. Harvey
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