Exams have all been graded and you all did very well. I decided to count best five out of six as "the exam", given that time seemed to be against completion. For those who finished all six, kudos: you got some extra credit. Exam scores ranged from 95 to 110. Final grades have been posted on WebAdvisor and I'm pretty sure I emailed everyone their semester grades and/or let you know before you left last night.
The final exam is written. These are the six problems on the exam. Please prepare accordingly.
I strongly suggest that each student develop a Java solution to the following problems in preparation for the coding portion of the first exam. While I do not promise that the practical part of the exam will be *exactly* the same as any one of these problems, the actual test question will at least be very similar to several of these practice problems.
Your final exam is scheduled in class for December 13th. Next week, we will finish up new material and review the material for the exam. Keep an eye on the blog for test preparation suggestions. Programming problems on exams are often very similar to the end of chapter exercises.
For those who came to class and took the second exam, the tests are graded and the class average was 93.5% and one student had a perfect score. These scores are significantly improved over the first exam - well done!
Quick reminder that you that you have an exam Tuesday night. Please be on time. You will be taking the written portion of the exam closed book. For the programming part of the test, you may use your textbook as a reference but you may not bring pre-completed code with you. Practice today and tomorrow for the test by working on the exercises at the ends of the chapters and in the exam prep blog posts.
I strongly suggest that each student develop a Java solution to the following problems in preparation for the coding portion of the first exam. While I do not promise that the practical part of the exam will be *exactly* the same as any one of these problems, the actual test question will at least be very similar to several of these practice problems. More than likely, there will be five program options on the test and you'll need to complete four of the five.
Your second exam, on chapters 5 through 7 of the textbook, is scheduled in class for one week from today. The format will be similar to the previous test.
Your first exams are all graded and the class average was 82.4% and one student had a perfect score. While there is plenty of room for improvement, this is not a bad baseline. If your personal score is a little less than you would like, keep this in mind: if you have an upward trend in your test results and finish strongly, I tend to weight the later exams sightly more heavily.
Drive-by posting to remind you that you have an exam tomorrow night. Please be on time. You will be taking the written portion of the exam closed book. For the programming part of the test, you may use your textbook as a reference but you may not bring pre-completed code with you. Practice today and tomorrow for the test by working on the exercises at the ends of the chapters and in the exam prep blog posts.
Instead of me retyping the same comments to many students, I'm listing code critiques here by numbers and me return emails to you reference this list.
I strongly suggest that each student develop a Java solution to the following problems in preparation for the coding portion of the first exam. While I do not promise that the practical part of the exam will be *exactly* the same as any one of these problems, the actual test question will at least be very similar to one or more of these practice problems.
Your first exam, on chapters 1 through 4 of the textbook, is scheduled in class for two weeks from tomorrow. Next week, we will review the material for the exam and take a practice test. Keep an eye on the blog this week for test preparation suggestions. Programming problems on exams are often very similar to the end of chapter exercises.
Final grades for this class will be determined according to the following criteria: