Quizzes
There are four 30-minute quizzes. Each quiz is held in class before the discussion session on Tuesday. Quiz 1 contains 8 questions because only two discussion sessions occur before it. Quizzes 2 through 4 contain 12 questions each. Together, the quizzes make up 25% of the course grade.
A quiz covers only discussion sessions that have already taken place. Quiz 1 occurs before the Week 3 discussion, so it covers Weeks 1 and 2. Quiz 2 then covers Weeks 3 through 5.
Schedule
| Quiz | Date | Discussion topics covered |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuesday, September 15 | Weeks 1-2 |
| 2 | Tuesday, October 6 | Weeks 3-5 |
| 3 | Tuesday, October 27 | Weeks 6-8 |
| 4 | Tuesday, November 17 | Weeks 9-11 |
Format
- Four quizzes during the semester
- 30 minutes per quiz
- 8 questions on Quiz 1 and 12 questions on each later quiz
- Four questions for each discussion session covered
- Short-answer and multiple-choice questions
- Held in class before the Tuesday discussion session
- Completely closed book and completed independently
How Questions Are Selected
For each discussion session represented on a quiz:
- Three questions appear exactly as they were covered during that discussion.
- One question comes from other student submissions and may appear as submitted or with a slight modification.
Quiz 1 therefore contains 6 questions from the Week 1 and Week 2 discussions and 2 questions from other submissions. Each later quiz contains 9 questions from the three previous discussions and 3 questions from other submissions. In every quiz, 75% of the quiz questions come exactly from questions selected for previous discussion sessions. The remaining 25% come from other student-submitted questions that were not selected for live discussion.
Why the Quizzes Follow Discussion
Because work outside class can involve collaboration and AI assistance, an in-class quiz is one of the few remaining ways to evaluate your own understanding directly. Instead of placing that pressure on one or two large exams, the course spreads it across four shorter quizzes. The quizzes stay closely aligned with discussion so that the work we do together in class prepares you for the assessment.
- Participate actively and make sure you can explain the reasoning behind every question covered during discussion.
- Review the underlying topic, since questions from other student submissions may also appear.
Books, notes, course materials, websites, AI tools, and assistance from another person may not be used during a quiz.