Name of Assignment: Biology 100 Exam
Subject: Biology 100
Facilitator/Teacher: Professor Sean Calder
Description of Work/Assignment: Complete an exam on the first four units of Biology based on resources (Cengage mindtap, homework, lecture notes).
I believe this assignment addresses information skills. This is because we had to assess all our notes and criteria, to become experts on all the information provided in the class. Since this was an online exam, we had to be well prepared as we had a time limit.
I am most proud of my score on this assignment. I had very little faith in myself that I would do good on this exam because I didn’t understand the material at all. There is simply too much information that made me overwhelmed. However, I got an 80 on this exam, giving me a B. I know I could have done better, but I am very proud of myself for getting a B.
During this exam, I didn’t know how to navigate Laulima’s exam site very well, but I’ve learned how to review questions using the sidebar tab, so this has helped me not waste as much time when I am taking exams. Other than that, I also learned which resources are most useful on the exams, which is the lecture notes. Finding these helpful resources helped me do better on my exams, and helped me create better study habits.
The most difficult part of this task was the time limit. We had an hour and a half to answer 50 questions, which doesn’t sound so bad until you actually take the test and have to remember every question. You also have to fill in vocab on some of the questions which were very time-consuming. Other than that, the quiz was generally difficult, but not as difficult as being timed.
If I could take this exam again, I would have studied with my classmates and reviewed the lecture notes provided to us. I think I would have done better if I had not only gone off my study guide but the professor’s notes as well.
This relates to all the material we had covered in the first four units of class in Human Biology. It was difficult as there is so much information crammed into those four units, so remembering every vocab word was irritating.
The main thing I have learned from taking this exam is to always review the materials covered by the professor. I had been mainly relying on the textbook, which was not the only thing we were being quizzed on. Next time I take an exam I will be studying not only my textbook but everything else provided in Laulima.
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