Friday, February 1, 2008

MIDTERM

The midterm was down right awful!!!! We spent time reviewing for those past few days before it, but that still wasn't enough!! Some questions were easy, but most were not. This made me a sad panda. Oh well, I can only hope I do well on the final. Lets get working on the new material!

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Midterm Reflection

Midterm Reflection

I thought that the midterm was not too bad except for the trajectory and other stuff that we did not review as much. Some of the questions I felt were more focused on the smaller units we covered rather than the ones we spent more time on. I think that some of the multiple choice questions were tricky and others we really straight forward. Overall I think the midterm was ok but certain parts were alot harder than others.

Mid term

I didn't think the mid term was too difficult, but I thought I had done better than my grade reflected, still I think I did pretty well. The review packets that Mr. Wirth gave us were really helpful, since some of the problems on the mid term were similar. Something that would have made those packets even better would be if the answer key showed how to get an answer instead of just idnetifing that it was A,B,C or D. That way we could learn from our mistakes.

Midterm Exam

I thought that the midterm exam was a little bit harder than i expected. However, it was still a pretty descent test. One way i could have increased my grade was to study the packets that we were given. Mr. Wirth really couldn't have done anything differently. Overall i think i did pretty good on the midterm.

Mid-term reflection

i thought that the midterm was more difficult than i expected. i don't think that i did enough problem preparation for the test. I reviewed the summary packets and memorized concepts but they wern't terribly useful without knowing how to use them on actual problems. I also thought that some of the problems on the midterm were somewhat new material (i.e. we had not gone over in class). I could have made more of an effort to come in and practice problems instead of just reviewing the packets.

Monday, January 28, 2008

Mid-term

i found the midterm to be harder than i expected because the questions seemed more difficult than the ones i was used to doing in class. i think i could have prevented that by doing the practice problems in the review packets instead of just going over my notes and the summaries in the packets and by studying more in advance so if i had any questions i could have came in and asked questions on the topics i had more trouble in

Mid-term reflection

Before i went into the exam i felt pretty confident since i had gone through all the packets Mr. Wirth gave us and did pretty well on them, so I felt prepared. After I took the midterm I thought i didn't really well because it didn't seem to hard however my grade was a little different than I expected. To have improve I could of put more work into studying for physics and paying better attention in class. The only thing I think Mr. Wirth could have done better is give all of our tests as regents type questions to better prepare us for the format of the test.
I thought I was prepared and had a full grasp of the material. However I thought I did better than my actual grade indicated. One suggestion for improving my grade would be to have a small study group before the test. I don't think Mr. Wirth could have done anything different and I think because I've missed a month of school my grade was lower than it otherwise could have been. I think it would be beneficial to have updated physics videos or remove them completely on the other hand if the physics classes don't want to learn it won't matter what videos are used