PHY 2053 - Physics I - FALL 2010
DISCUSSION SECTION QUIZZES (discussion sections start the first week of classes and quizzes start on September 1, 2010)
A quiz will be administered during many of your Wednesday or Thursday discussion section meetings (10 total quizzes). The quizzes will test how well you learned the concepts and methods of the assigned homework problems. The quiz will be very closely related to your homework problems. The problems may be restructured to provide guidance, allow awarding of partial credit and discourage memorization of only the formula for the solution. You are expected to learn how to do the homework problems on your own without any notes or other help (i.e. there are no crib sheets for the quizzes!). In doing the online homework you can get help in discussion section, office hours, from tutors and from other students. However, in the end you must learn the methods needed to do the problems on your own. The quizzes will give partial credit (0-5 points) so if you set up the problem correctly but make an algebraic mistake you will get some of the credit for the problem. You will be permitted documented (e.g. medical note) absences from the discussion sections, with make-ups for missed quizzes to take place at the first opportunity determined by your TA.
To provide a measure of forgiveness for possible missed quizzes, 10% of the quiz grades will be dropped in evaluating your final grade. The quiz portion of the course will count for 20% of the overall course grade. See the overall grade formula (PDF).
| PHY2053 Quiz Schedule* | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Quiz | Date | Quiz Problem |
| 1 | 8/23/10-8/27/10 | No Quiz | |
| 2 | 1 | 9/1/10-9/2/10 | Chapter 1.1-1.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 9/8/10-9/9/10 | Chapter 2.1-2.6 |
| 4 | 3 | 9/15/10-9/16/10 | Chapter 3.1-3.5 |
| 5 | 4 | 9/22/10-9/23/10 | Chapter 4.1-1.5 |
| 6 | 5 | 9/29/10-9/30/10 | Chapter 4.6-5.5 |
| 7 | 6 | 10/6/10-10/7/10 | Chapter 5.6-6.2 |
| 8 | 10/11/10-10/15/10 | No Quiz | |
| 9 | 7 | 10/20/10-10/21/10 | Chapter 7.1-7.3 |
| 10 | 8 | 10/27/10-10/28/10 | Chapter 7.4-8.3 |
| 11 | 9 | 11/3/10-11/4/10 | Chapter 8.4-8.7 |
| 12 | 11/8/10-11/12/10 | No Quiz | |
| 13 | 11/15/10-11/19/10 | No Quiz | |
| 14 | 11/22/10-11/26/10 | No Quiz | |
| 15 | 10 | 12/1/10-12/2/10 | Chapter 9.3-9.6 |
| 16 | 12/6/10-12/8/10 | No Quiz | |