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Various Course Announcements, dated, are posted here,
latest at the top (including postings of HW solutions and links to the
solutions themselves). This is the best place on the website to check
for recent course developments. |
| 12/21/06B: Final Course letter grades were officially submitted to the
UMEG system today at 17:15 PM. They should appear on your Testudo records
soon. ********** |
| 12/21/06A: Yesterday's upload of your detailed 117 grade records to
WebCT, described below,was, unfortunately, not RELEASED until a little
while ago this morning. Your record should be visible on WebCT now. (If
not, let me know.) My apologies for any inconvenience. ********** |
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12/20/06C: All Individual student Course records have been posted on WebCT. Use your password to review your own record. The record includes your Course letter grade <LG>, your final rank in class <Rnk/63>, your overall Course Score <CsSc>, computed as described under GRADING POLICY: CS = 0.55*NTS +0.30*NLS +0.10*NHS +0.05*NPS. The Course Score is the quantity which when ordered from highest to lowest, determines the course letter grades. Also given is your Normalized Final Exam Score <NFnl/146.4> {where 146.4 here, and similar numerical denominators in other normalized quantitity headings, indicates a hypothetical maximum possible normalized score which one would have achieved who answered all 120 final exam questions correctly}, your <No.Correct/120> on the Final Exam, yourRaw Final Exam Score <RawFinal/240> = 2x(No correct).These are the main results of courrent interest. Also provided to help you to follow through the process of generating
your <Course Score> is your Normalized Test Score <NTS>
{computed from your Adjusted Test Score, <AdjTS>, which in turn
is obtained by dropping your lowest (normalized) hour-share of test
scores from your Total Test Score, <TotTS>, - all of which are
listed on WebCT. Please call me at 301-405-6118 if you need help understanding your
record, and leave your telephone number and a good time for me to call
you back if I am not here when you call. And please email <griffin@physics.umd.edu>
if you have any difficulty getting your AND Have a HAPPY HOLIDAY! |
| 12/20/06B:The histogram distribution of the Course Scores, which define the Course letter grades, can be viewed by clicking F06CsScHisto. |
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12/20/06A: The histogram distribution of the Final Exam Raw scores
can be viewed by clicking FnlExF06Histo. |
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12/19/06: The solutions for the Final Exam can be viewed at FinalExF06Slns.
I hope by tomorrow or Thursday to have an extensive list of course data,
including final course letter grades, posted to WebCT for you to access
with your password; also, the statistics on the Final Exam. Check back
here for the announcement. And have a good holiday. |
| 12/15/06B:AssignedSeating for 117 Final Exam, including the exam color/version (Tan paper, version A (T:v.A); Pink paper, version B(P:v.B)) information which corresponds to each seat. Click FinalF06Seats to view. |
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12/15/06A: The last four Turning Point clicker queries (8 slides) have
been posted as a single unit. Click InClassQ&A
to |
| 12/14/06: It appears that the detailed table of the final exam weighting which I posted here on Fri. 12/08 has disappeared. It has now been re-posted. Click FinalExWeights to view. |
| 12/11/06: The Participation Scores (final: out of 25 as of 12/12/06)
have been updated to include today's clicker queries. Check your score
on WebCT. ********** |
| 12/11/06:Estimating letter grades from exam scores re-normalized to
an average of 70 and a standard deviation of +-20: 50 % of the scores
are expected to have values greater than 70, 25 %, greater than 83.6,
and 16.7% greater than 90 =70+20=Avg.+S.D.. Therefore a student who consistently
scores 70 can expect typically to be near the B-/C+ break point, and one
who consistently scores 83.6 can expect to be near the A-/B+ break point.
In short, renormalized score between 70 and 83.6 are in B country, and
scores greater than 83.6 are in A territory. ********** |
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12/07/06: About 28% ( = 2*6.5/46.5) of the Final Exam will cover the
(doubly weighted) material discussed in the final 6.5 lectures (out
of 40 in all) of the course and not covered by Exams I, II & III.
The remaining 72% will cover the material up to and including Chaptr
13, the cut-off for Exam III. A detailed table of the Post-ExamIII weghtings
will be posted here soon, perhaps tomorrow. |
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12/06/06: Individual Exam III scores have been uploaded to WebCT and
(as of |
| 12/05/06B: Click 2ndLawVG
to see a quick five viewgraph summary of Second Law, Carnot Engine,
and Entropy. ********** |
| 12/05/06A: View the histogram distribution of Exam III Raw scores; Click
EXIIIF06Histo. Also click ExIIIF06v.ASlns or ExIIIF06v.BSlns to see solutions of last week's Exam III. ********** |
| 12/04/06D: The list of students MissingLabsVI-XI, MissedLabsVI-XI
shown in class today has been posted here. Click to view. ********** |
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12/04/06C: The OldFinalS06, its key, OldFinalS06KEY, and its solutions, OldFinalS06Slns were posted here today. (See announcement 12/1/06B, below for OldFinalF05.) |
| 12/4/06B: The 117 Final Exam is on Mon. Dec 18, 1:30 PM till 3:30 PM,
in our Physics 1410 hall. The Pre-Final Q/A review session is on Tue.
12/12/PM at 6:00 PM in our lecture hall, Physics 1410. ********** |
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12/4/06A: The Old S05 Final exam with KEYand solutions has been re-upoloaded
to replace the damaged and inaccessible files posted on Friday. |
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12/2/06: Despite the claim (below, 12/1/06) that the latest clicker
tally had been uploaded yesterday, it was in fact |
| 12/1/06B: The OldFinalF05,
its answer key, OldFinalF05KEY,
and its detailed solutions (in three parts), OldFinalF05Slns-pp2-9,
OldFinalF05Slns-pp10-17,
and OldFinalF05Slns-pp18-26,
have been posted here today. Click to view. The OldFinal from S06 will
be posted soon. ********** . |
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12/1/06A: The latest Clicker/Participation tally totals (of 23 as of
12/2/06) have been uploaded to WebCT. Use your password to check your
total. |
| 11/30/0 6B: View ExamIIISeating, including a heads-up on the color/version which corresponds with your seat. |
| 11/30/06A: Check the list of students missing labs (VII through X) by
clicking MissedLabsVII-XF06. ********** |
| 11/27/06C: In-class paticipation questions and answers are listed in InClassQ&A. Click there to view. More recent questions will be added soon. |
| 11/27/06B: Participation totals though 11/25/06 have been posted today
on WebCT. Use your password to check your score (out of a maximum of 21,
so far). ********** |
| 11/27/06A: The Pre-ExamIII Q/A session on Thu 11/30/06 at 6:00 PM has
been moved from Physics 1410 to Physics 1219 to accomodate some students'
expressed preference for a smaller room for these sessions. Also, the
participation scores as of Sat.11/25 will be posted soon.(See 11/27/06B
entry above.) ********** |
| 11/20/06D: In response to an inquiry, we have verified that the ExamIII's
of F05 and S06 do NOT have any questions from Chapter 14. The coverage
of those exams also included only Ch 13, and not Ch 14. ********** |
| 11/20/06C: An error was discovered in last week's Participation posting
(of scores as of 11/18/06) on WebCT: The scores for Fri. 11/10/06, which
had already bee included in the tally as of 11/11/06, were added instead
of the scores for 11/15. This error was corrected today (at about 5:15
PM). Please check your WebCT scores to see your corrected tally. Note
that scores of today (11/20) have not been added yet. Those, and scores
of Wed. (11/22), if any, will be added before the end of this week. ********** |
| 11/20/06(A&B): Exam III coverage & adjusted HW due dates: A) Exam III will cover Ch 10, 11, 12 (up to p243 only) & 13. (Ch 14 and beyond will be doubly weighted in Final Exam. B) HW #10 (Ch13) due date postponed till Mon. 11/27, & HW#11 (Ch14) postponed till Mon. 12/4, after Ex III. (Check later re HW#12.) ********** |
| 11/17/06: Current (as of Sat 11/18/06) participation scores (out of
a max of 19) have been tallied and posted on WebCT. Also, the Ideal Gas
Handout of 11/17/06 is available here: Click IdealGas
to view. ********** |
| 11/15/06: The HW#10 due date is postponed till Wed 11/22, and the HW
Assignments page has been updated. Also, participation scores for 11/13,
11/15, and 11/17/06 will be posted on Friday. We plan to make once weekly
posting a regular pattern. ********** |
| 11/10/06B: The current Participation tally, Ptcptn/15(11/11), after
today's and Wednesday's (11/08/06) additions, have been posted to WebCT.
Use your password to see you current score there (of a maximum, 15, to
date). ********** |
| 11/10/06A: HW#9 due date postponed till Wed. 11/15/06. ********** |
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11/07/06B: Old Exams III from S06 and F05, Texts, KEYs and Solutions
have been posted here: Click to view: OldExIIIS06,
OldExIIIS06KEY,
Old ExIIIS06Slns,
OldExIIIF05-pp2-8,
OldExIIIF05-pp9-15,
OldExIIIF05KEY,
OldExIIIF05Slns-pp2-8,
OldExIIIF05Slns-pp9-15
. (Notethat on Wed 11/08 we have replaced the present MSWORD version
of "OldExIIIS06" by a <.pdf> file which can be displayed
by Adobe acrobat. It now has the same format as all of the other files
posted here.) |
| 11/07/06A: Click on ExIIF06Histo
to see the Histogram distribution of the Exam II Raw scores. ********** |
| 11/06/06C: The text of ExII and a copy with solutions has been posted
here today. Also the answerKEY to Exam II. Click ExIIF06,
ExIIF06Slns, and
ExIIF06KEY to view
them. A histogram of the Exam II Raw Scores will be posted here tomorrow. *********** |
| 11/06/06B: Individual Exam II Raw Scores (out of a Maximum possible
of 120) and Normalized Scores (out of a maximum possible of 128.7*) have
been posted on WebCT today. Use your password to view them. (*128.7 is
the Normalized Score corresponding to the Maximum Possible Raw score of
120, with the actual Average Score (67.8) and actual Standard Deviation
(17.7). ********** |
| 11/06/06A: The updated Participation Score, out of a maximum possible
of 13 (updated to 11/07/06 by including the query of 11/1/06) has been
posted on WebCT today. Use your password to view them. (There were no
clicker queries on 10/30, 11/03, or 11/06 (today).) ********** |
| 11/2/06C: Click to view in-class Turning Point queries and answers:
TP11-01-06, TP10-25-06,
TP10-23-06, TP10-20-06-2,
TP10-20-06-1,
TP10-18-06, TP10-13-06,
TP10-11-06-2,
TP10-11-06-1,
TP10-09-06, TP10-06-06,
TP09-27-06, TP09-22-06-2,
TP09-22-06-1,
TP09-20-06, TP09-18-06.
(Labels are by approximate date of presentation.) ********* |
| 11/2/06B: Click ExamIISeats
to see your seat for tomorrow's 117 Exam II. ********** 11/2/06A: Change in Payman's Friday Office Hour: New Time is Fri 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM. ********* |
| 10/27/06C: HW#8 (on Ch 10) is due Wed. 11/1/06, but its collection will
be postponed until Mon.11/6/06, after Exam II. Note that HW #9 is still
due on Wed. 11/08, making two HW's due on two successive class days. *********** |
| 10/27/05B: Your cumulative in-class clicker counts (as of 10/28 and
out of 12 maximum) have been posted on WebCT. Use your password to check
yours. ********** |
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10/27/05A: Exam II on next Friday 11/3/06 will cover Ch 5, 6, 7, 8(pp143-144only) & 9. Ch10 (Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity) will be covered in the next Exam III, not in Exam II.; The Pre-Exam II Q/A Session on Thu 11/2/06 will be in Physics Room 1219, because our lecture hall is engaged that evening. |
| 10/20/06: Cumulative clicker scores (out of maximum = 9) have been updated
to include clicks of 10/18 & 10/20. Check yours on WebCT. ********** |
| 10/18/06: Click to view an updated list of Students who our records show to have Missed labs I-VI. |
| 10/16/07: A) HW #7 is due Wed. 10/25/06; B) Results of today's clicker
query have been added to the Participation column on WebCT, <Ptcptn/6(10/17)>,
and dated with tomorrow's date, 10/17. Use your password to check your
(cumulative) total, -out of 6(so far). C) Note Q/A Review for Exam II
on Thu11/2/06 is in Room 1219, NOT in1410! ********** |
| 10/11/06:Results of today's two clicker queries have been added to the
Participation column <Ptcptn/5(10/12)>,and dated with tomorrow's
date, 10/12, on WebCT. Use your password to check your (cumulative) total,
-out of 5(so far). ********** |
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10/09/06B: Results of today's two clicker queries have been added to
the Participation column <Ptcptn/3(10/10)>,and dated with tomorrow's
date, 10/10, on WebCT. Use your password to check your (cumulative)
total, -out of 3 (so far). |
| 10/09/06A: Click to view OldExamIIS06, OldExamIIS06KEY, and OldExamIIS06Solutions, posted here today. |
| 10/06/06: A) Today's (10/6/06) clicker count has been scratched, since
the polling seems to have been closed prematurely, preventing many sudents
from registering their choices. B) Click to view OldExamIIF05 and OldExamIIF05KEY, which have been posted here today. |
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10/5/06B: The first Participation
points from Wed 10/4/06 have been tallied and posted to your WebCT record.
Also posted today were your Raw Exam I score (labelled RExI/120, and
equal to 2*(No.Correct) ), and your Normalized
ExI score (labelled NExI/127.8, and computed as N = 70 + (R-70.1)*20/17.3).
The maximum possible value of 127.8 for NExI is the value NExI would
have for the maximum possible Raw Score, R = 120. Also, your clicker
status as of 10/5 is listed in the column <Clicker10/5?>. If "NO"
occurs in that column, that indicates that we have never received a
valid click from your clicker, and you should re-register your clicker
ID, being careful to insert only numerical zeroes, 0, and no capital
letters, O. |
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10/5/06A: The Early Warning grade ranges have been added to the histogram
of Exam I Raw scores, ExI-EWGHisto,
These scores alone determine the early warning letter grade, since we
assume that every student will meet the "80% is Enough" threshold
for the top grade in HW, Lab and Participation. |
| 9/28/06B: We expect to begin tallying Clicker responses for the Participation Record on this Monday, Oct 2. |
| 9/28/06B: HW#4 due date is postponed from Monday 10/2 until Wednesday
10/4. ********** |
| 9/28/06A: Click ExI
Seat Assignments to see the alphabetical list of assigned seats for
Exam I tomorrow. ********** |
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9/25/06B:The list of students who should re-register their clickers
to correct the possible entry of the letter O instead of the number,
zero =0 in the clicker ID (See below) has been posted. Click Re-RegisterList.
Also the list of students who had, as of Friday 9/22, registered a clicker:
click NoClickerList.
Also your WebCT entries have been updated today to reflect those students
whose clicks in class today registered for the first time. If your WebCT
entry under <Clickers:9/25> is NO, then we have never counted
a valid click from your device. |
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9/25/06A: Correction: We will NOT begin to tally clicker responses
for the record on Monday 9/25, as stated earlier (below). Instead we
will try to verify that students who mis-registered at first have succeeded
in re-registering correctly. |
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9/23/06C: Exam I on Fri 9/29 will cover Ch 1, 2, 3, 4, and pp 143-144
(C.of Mass) and pp 298-300 (Simple Harmonic Oscillations).Exam is open
book: bring texts, notes, and calculator. Bring no cellphones, blackberries,
or other devices which can communicate with the outside world. Also
have your student ID ready to prove your identity if questioned. |
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9/23/06B: On Monday 9/25, we will begin tallying for the record the
in-class clicker responses. If you are registering your clicker for
the first time, note that correct clicker ID sequences are composed
ONLY of the numbers 0-9 and of the letters A-F, and NO OTHERS!
If when registering it at http://www.clickers.umd.edu/,you type
a capital O into the ID sequence for your clicker instead of the number
zero, your clicker's classroom responses may not be recognized. In that
case you should re-register the clicker. All students whose registered
clickers appear not to be functioning have been sent a specific email
about this issue. Also, every student should use his password to check
the current status of his clicker in the WebCT column <Clickers:9/22>.
(Note that due to a bookeeping error some clickers previously listed
there as <ok9/15> have been downgraded to <NO>.) |
| 9/23/06A: The ExI S06 file posted yesterday, OldExIS06Wd,
was a Microsoft Word file. The same exam in Adobe .pdf format can now
be viewed at OldExISo6Ad.
Click to view. ********** |
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9/22/06A(Fri.) Old 117 ExamI's, OldExIS06Wd
& OldExIF05
have been posted here. Click to view. Also, answer keys to these two
exams, OldExIS06KEY
& OldExIF05KEY
have been posted, and in addition more detailed solutions, OldExIS06SLNS
for the S06 exam. ( No such solutions are available for the F05 exam.) |
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9/20/06: A) HW#3 due date postponed again from Fri 9/22 until Mon 9/25,
and HW#4 until Monday 10/2. |
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9/15/06: HW#2 due date is postponed from Fri 9/15 til Mon 9/18. (My apologies for the late notice.) You may hand in any HW early, so that HW will be accepted on Friday, but is not late till Mon in class (or before midnight under door to Physics 2109 (Griffin's office)). Also HW#3 due date is postponed til Fri 9/22 (at least). |
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9/8/06B: The time of Payman's Friday office hour is being changed to
1:00->2:00 PM. |
| 9/8/06A: We expect to begin using clickers seriously next week. Make
sure you have a clicker, that it has been registered under your name at
http://www.clickers.umd.edu/, and
that you can change its channel # to channel 41, which is always the channel
used in our 1410 lecture hall. ********** |
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9/5/06: Paper copies of HW Solutions HW#1, HW#2 & HW#3 have been
posted in the glass case outside our lecture hall, Physics 1410. As
time goes on, we shall post additional HW solutions there for your convenience.
HW solutions, |
| 9/1/06: Several faulty links on this website were fixed this morning
(Friday). If you find other errors, please email. ********** |
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8/31/06: HW#1 due date postponed from Wed 9/6 to Fri 9/8 to allow for
Holiday on Monday. |
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8/28/06: The website is up and running. All Labs will meet (briefly)
on Thu 8/31 and Fri 9/1. First HW is due in class on Wed 9/6/06,
and is late if not under Physics 2109 office door by midnight Wed 9/6/06.
See HW |
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8/21/06: This web site is up and running at <http://www.physics.umd.edu/courses/Phys117/Griffin/117F06/index.html>. To get a feeling for the way the course runs week by week, review the complete sequence of last semester's announcements by clicking to the Physics117-S06 website: http://www.physics.umd.edu/courses/Phys117/Griffin/117S06/index.html ********** |
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