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Here is a wiki poll on the use of a note card in the future quizzes. I wrote in the Email:
In terms of allowing a note card in the future quizzes, I am receptive to the idea. How does this proposal sound?
1. you are allowed to bring a note card carrying 10 equations and/or definitions.
2. you will turn it in on the Wednesday before the quiz. We will give a copy to you at the exam.
| name | accept proposal | comments |
|---|---|---|
| Kubota | Yes | no comments, just an example |
| Schrodinger's Dog | No | I don't think we need notecards, if needed you can write an equation sheet that has equations you think might be important. We also had the option to ask you if we weren't sure about an equations. I think this is good enough, cause it shows we understand what is needed and what needs to be used, instead of looking at a sheet and looking for the equations that I think I might need. But if people truly feels they need this, it doesn't really bother me. |
| Anaximenes | No | I agree with Schrodinger's Dog. I'd also like to add that having an equation sheet is just license to make the test heavier on computations and lighter on concepts, which I think are more important. Another reason not to adopt the proposal is that it's hard to define; if you have an equation that says {expression 1} = {expression 2} = {expression 3} > {expression 4}, does that all count as one equation/definition? Would we have to use numbered equations directly out of Griffiths? |
| David Hilbert's Hat | Yes | The note card seems like a really good idea. For the integrals that seem really difficult like on the first test, you could write down the general form - that way, you don't have to memorize it and when you get to it on the test you can solve it. I think a lot of people knew what they had to do, the formula for standard deviation is easy to know and the integrals were done in the homework a few times, but a lot of people just didn't know how to solve such an integral off the top of their head. So a notecard makes something like this a bit easier to put on the test, because if you conceptually understand the entire problem you won't get strung up on losing points because you didn't memorize an integral formula. My only concern would be the ones given by Anaximenes; I would very much not like to see the test get heavier on computation, but I think Yuichi wants to not make them harder considering what he's said in class and the e-mail. Equation counting seems fairly straightforward though, so I wouldn't worry about that on a notecard. If you turn them in on the Wednesday before the test you should have ample time to get everything cleared up. |
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