You have an opportunity to improve your quiz scores. The opportunity is called "Quiz Repair" and it is described in this document.

This assignment is due Wednesday, November 12. I will not accept any Quiz Repair after November 19. You must turn in all repaired quizzes and the report at the same time. Please include the original copy of the quiz in every case.

There are three steps (explained in detail below)  in this process. They are:
1) you "fix" all the questions you missed on the quiz you are repairing.
2) you then categorize the questions by why you missed them (explained below) and
3) write a a short report on what was the main way you missed points on the quiz and what your strategy is to do better on the remaining quizzes.

If you do this repair carefully and completely you can gain back half of the missed points. Example, a student gets a 19 on a quiz by missing six, 1 point items, repairs the quz correctly and analyzes the missed points (described below). The repair is graded at 100%. The missed points (6 in this case) is divided by half (6/2 = 3) and these points are added to the original quiz grade. The quiz score is changed in the gradebook to 22 (19 + 3).

You may repair any, all or none of the quizzes from Quiz 1 to Quiz 10. There will be no quiz repair for quizzes 11-14 (anticipated). This whole exercise is optional, but to your advantage to complete.

Step 1. For quizzes with original scores of 18 or more, just take a different color pen and correct the original copy. For all others, ownload the blank quiz you are repairing (from the links below) and print it .
Step 2. Write new answers only for the questions your missed on the first quiz. You do not need to redo any part of the quiz that you got correct.
Step 3. For each question or item you missed, ask youself: "why did I miss this question?" Here are four possible categories:
    1) I just didn't kmow the answer.
    2) I misread the question, but now I see what it means and I shouldn't have missed it.
    3) I have no idea why I missed it, I knew it, I understand the question, but I simply put down an incorrect answer (or left it blank).
    4) I think the question is mangled, it is the teacher's fault.  Or...it is an ambigous question. The Quiz Police should get out of the donut shop and investigate!
Step 4. After you have done this for all the quizzes that you want to repair, compile the number of questions in each category. Calculate a little table like this:

   

Category of Missed Item	Number of Missed Items*	Percent of the Whole
1) didn't know the answer
2) misread the question
3 ) inexplicable
4) not my fault
Total		100%

* Do your analysis by "item." This might or might not map directly to one point for each item. A 3 point item on a quiz will be considered one item (not three).

Where the second column has your numbers and the right column is the number in the category divided by the total number of missed items.
Step 5. Write a paragraph of two interpretting the table and identifying the main source of your errors. Describe a strategry you should use to improve your quizz scores. Turn in your table, your report, your original corrected quizzes (original score of 18 or more)  or your original quiz and a new printout for that quiz with correct answers to the missed items on the newly printed quiz. Assemble all your repaired quizzes and put the the report (with table) on the front of the stack. Either make sure your intials are on every sheet or staple or somehow fasten them together and submit on November 12.

The Quizzes

Quiz 1      Quiz 2       Quiz 3       Quiz 4      Quiz 5      Quiz 6      Quiz 7      Quiz 8      Quiz 9      Quiz 10

If you have questions, please email me or bring them up in class.