ExamsThere are two midterm exams (term tests) worth 15% and 30% respectively, and a final exam worth 45%. Ideally, a midterm exam should serve a diagnostic purpose, to alert students to potential weaknesses in understanding in advance of a final assessment. However, final exams are limited to 2.5 hours in length, which is not much time in which to make a proper assessment. Besides, as with assignments, if midterms did not contribute to the final grade, some students would not take them seriously. Exams are highly imperfect instruments of diagnosis and assessment, but they are the best ones we have. More accurate and fair methods would likely raise your tuition costs substantially. MidtermsThe first midterm exam for CS 145 will be held on Monday, October 3, 2011, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm, in MC 2065 and MC 2066 You have been assigned a specific seat. Please look up seat assignments using the link in the left sidebar. For this midterm, you are responsible for material from the first three lecture modules (excluding details of image.ss and universe.ss) and assignment questions Q1 through Q7. The second midterm exam will be held on Monday, October 31, 2011, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm, in rooms to be determined. Once again, seat assignments will be available using the link in the left sidebar. For this midterm, you are responsible for material from the first seven lecture modules and assignment questions Q1 through Q22. Students transferring to CS 135 will have each CS 145 midterm they wrote count for 10% of their CS 135 grade. FinalThe final exam will be held in the period December 8-22, 2011, As before, you can look up your assigned seats using the link in the left sidebar.
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