Mid-term, ‘test re-test’

There will be two exams, a midterm scheduled for Monday, May 4th, and Tuesday, May 5th. The final will take place on Monday, June 6 (8 – 10 am). On the midterm exam, you will take the test Monday as you normally would. On Tuesday, you have the option of re-taking the test in a small group, where group members can discuss answers before turning in one exam for the group (still closed book, though).  Same test. The individual portion of the exam (Monday) will be worth 75% of your total grade for the test, and the group portion 25%, if it helps your grade. If your group during the second hour scores lower than you as an individual did the first hour, you’ll just receive 100% of the points based on your individual exam score. You can choose not to take the exam in a group and settle for whatever grade you end up with from your first attempt. In any case taking the group exam cannot lower your grade. If you’re entitled to special accommodations (see ‘students with disabilities’ below), make arrangements and the Learning Center will contact me. Also, if English is your 2nd or 3rd language, let me know and we can make arrangements with the testing center.

In lieu of a final exam, the class will be assigned a reflection paper on conspiracism and conspiracy theories.

The point of this re-test is to, hopefully, make the exam a learning and evaluation tool. The final will not be comprehensive, and will cover only material after the first exam.

Each exam is worth 100 points.