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dsit...@gmail.com

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Oct 5, 2016, 9:49:24 PM10/5/16
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Hi, I was just wondering if there is any possible way for us to be able to double check our answers on tests after submitting them? 
There have been times when I felt confident that I would get the answer correct but after submitting the test / quiz, it would show that I got it wrong.
Another issue I am experiencing is when I submit a quiz or test and I would see that I answered a question incorrectly but have no clue what the question was because all we are able to see is something vague such as, "according to the lecture." 

I really would like to know which questions I get wrong and how I answered it so I would be able to look up the correct answer. That is how in-class tests work for the most part. is there a good reason why we are unable to see the answers we selected after submitting the test/quiz? 

sysa...@gmail.com

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Oct 7, 2016, 3:44:07 PM10/7/16
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I agree! This would be really helpful -  especially for the questions that allow for multiple answers to be selected. Even after retaking the quiz several times and referring back to the lectures/slides (I don't have much confusion with textbook questions), sometimes I am still unsure of what the correct options are and I keep getting the question wrong without ever figuring out the right answer(s). I hope that makes sense. 

I'm not even suggesting that we be given the correct answers. Rather, I would like to be able to see the question in its entirety when we are given the quiz results. 
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G. Randolph Mayes

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Oct 7, 2016, 3:51:17 PM10/7/16
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Sorry, I answered this by email when it was asked, but I see that it wan't posted.


The questions you got wrong are always available after you take the quiz or test.  Beyond that you could ask about specific questions here on the board or come to my office hours.


I do have reasons for my policies though they may not impress you as good ones. In this case the point is to encourage students to learn the material rather than reach the correct answer by the process of elimination. I do not regard a phrase like "in lecture" as vague. You always know what lecture is being referred to and with questions like that the answer is always explicit.

dsit...@gmail.com

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Oct 7, 2016, 3:53:18 PM10/7/16
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Thank you for your response.

G. Randolph Mayes

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Oct 7, 2016, 3:53:53 PM10/7/16
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Yes I understand that the multiple answer ones are more challenging and most irritating from this perspective. This is why there aren't a lot of them. You can always screenshot at post questions that you are struggling with here. Just be sure to explain what the difficulty is, why you are giving the answers you are giving, rather than just ask for the correct ones.

sysa...@gmail.com

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Oct 7, 2016, 3:59:30 PM10/7/16
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I understand that and I respect your policies.









This is what we're referring to when we mention the "according to lecture" as being vague. When we get our quiz results, sometimes the question isn't really made clear and I forget which one it was. Sometimes there are multiple questions that show up like this in one quiz. Makes it a little confusing. 

kathy...@gmail.com

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Oct 7, 2016, 11:20:11 PM10/7/16
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is anybody interested in a sort of study group please email: kenda...@yahoo.com thank you 
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