Midterm Exam Wrapper

Goals:

• Help you identify and correct specific misunderstandings
• Help me identify problems that are not good measures of your achievement of the outcomes
• Help you think about effective preparation strategies in advance of the final exam
• Help me identify which concepts are most difficult and which teaching strategies have been more and less effective

Format:

Please submit your answers to the questions below to the Midterm Exam Wrapper assignment on Canvas. Your submission must be in PDF format; your responses should be typed. You may want to use LaTeX, but it’s not required.

Error Analysis

1. For each problem on which you lost points, determine which of the following best explains the reason you lost points:

   • Misremembered (I confused the facts)
   • Unprepared (I didn’t study/review/practice that concept or skill enough)
   • Misunderstood (had a misconception, or it never “clicked,” so I need to talk to the instructor)
   • Misread (I didn’t follow directions or I didn’t give specific support)
   • Other (poorly worded question, grading error, etc.; please elaborate)

   Provide any further explanation as needed/desired. If your discussion refers to or relies on what you answered on the exam, include the answer you gave for context.

2. Did you notice any patterns in your per-problem analysis? Are there particular topics you’re weak on, or types of errors that came up more often?

Preparation

1. What did you do to prepare? Did you use any study strategies that you feel were particularly effective or ineffective?

2. What strategies do you plan to use when preparing for the final exam? Do you plan to adjust your approach at all based on this analysis?

3. (Optional) What could I change to support your success?

Rubric

Submitting your exam wrapper can earn you points back on your midterm grade. The maximum number of points you can earn back depends on your midterm score as follows:

Submitting a wrapper document doesn’t guarantee you’ll get all the possible points; your submission will be assessed on to what extent:

• your analysis is thorough, and
• your reflections on preparation and plans for going forward are thoughtful and grounded in the error analysis.