[CHM 112] Burdge Problems from Chapter 13

[Andrew J. Pounds]

On 01/27/2013 03:52 PM, wrote:
> Dr. Pounds,
> For the test on Friday, is there a specific set of problems I should study more? For example, the additional problems or the chapter problems?
>
> Thank you!
>

Okay -- here is my recommendation on test prep.

 1. Look over your notes.
 2. Read your text.  When you get to one of the Sample Problems in the
    chapter stop and look at it and try to do the Practice Problems that
    go along with it.  Your text also has what it calls "Checkpoint
    problems" in the chapter.  The purpose of these small questions is
    to help you identify which concepts in the immediately preceding
    material  might be causing you difficulty.  The answers to all of
    these are found at the end of the chapter.
 3. Generally  I recommend that after you complete the sample and
    checkpoint problems in the text for a specific section that you move
    to the end of chapter problems.  These are broken up into review
    questions and problems.   At a minimum do the problems I have
    recommended and to which I have provided my hand-worked solutions.  
    I also recommend that you try to do numerous odd numbered problems
    for which you have fully worked solutions in the student's solution
    manual.  Apart from the upcoming test, you are the best arbiter of
    whether or not you understand the material.  These "in chapter" and
    "end of chapter" tools help you make that assessment.
 4. In the past students have complained that some of my test questions
    looked nothing like the problems that they worked in preparation for
    the test.  It was then that I started supplying students with the
    "Additional Problems" that, while they are not identical to test
    questions, bear a strong resemblance, in form and conceptual
    requirements, to test questions.  I would do all that I could.
 5. Rework all your quizzes.
 6. Get a good night's SLEEP the night before the exam.


Now -- I recognize that is not the answer you probably wanted, but
history has shown that students who follow this course of study
generally do well.


-- 
Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D.  (pounds at theochem.mercer.edu)
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Mercer University,  Macon, GA 31207   (478) 301-5627

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