There were quizzes, some unannounced, and there was some collected homework. There were also be five unit tests, one at the end of each of the five Units, and a comprehensive final exam. Many of the "mechanical processes", which students often mistakenly think constitutes the content of calculus, are emphasized in the many quizzes I gave. I have included copies of some of those quizzes here.
I permitted students to take up to two hours to do the regular exams.
Questions on the exams are like problems assigned from the text or problems considered in class, but with more detail and with more parts. Use of a calculator/CAS is permitted; in fact, it is often required. However, on parts of some tests, calculators are prohibited. Some formulas are either given on the test paper or on a formula sheet that is provided with the test.
Included here copies of the five unit tests plus the final exam from the last semester I taught this class (F,07). They are meant to illustrate the kind of questions that I expected students to be able to answer. Please note that (1) most of the problems are "story problems" that involve a number of steps, and (2) work is to be shown and "answers" are to be written in sentences.
My solutions, plus comments, for the five Unit Tests can be found here:
Test F,07 Keys
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