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Exams (Tests) - A&P1 Lab

There will be no makeup tests / exams given in class. Online tests can be made up by following the rules for requesting extensions as listed in the “Make-ups for online assignments” section. The exception to those rules are for a student who has a special permission for being absent during the exam time (this requires a fully documented and valid reason).

Exams are NOT cunmulative (comprehensive). What is covered in each exam is lsited in the schedule.

Failure to take a test but taking the extra credit or bonus for the test will result in a zero grade for that test. Extra credit or bonus for tests is only included if you actually take the test.

I do not believe in curving grades as it is unfair to all students in the class and goes against my academic ethics, so please do not ask me at the end of the semester. The grade you earn is the grade you get.

Lab exams are open book.

Exams will be available for review for 5 business days after the test grades are released. The tests will then be closed and will not be able to be reviewed after that point. You should verify your answers and how they were graded in that 5 business day period.

You are NOT allowed to take pictures or images of tests in any way or form. This includes, but not limited to, during the test and when reviewing tests. You are not allowed to write down test questions. You can review test questions in iCollege, but you are not allowed to keep a copy in any form. Making a copy of any test question in any form (known or unknown) is considered cheating.

When planning the time and date for taking online tests or quizzes, always check the iCollege maintenance time(s). You must plan to complete the quiz / test within the time frame for the test / quiz, and allow for any scheduled iCollege maintenance. During the iCollege maintenance time you will not be able to access iCollege. If you are in progress of completing a quiz or test when the iCollege maintenance starts you will lose that work. Requesting a test or quiz to be reopened as you did not plan around the iCollege maintenance time is not an acceptable reason for requesting an extension and your request will be denied.

When working through tests online always make sure you save each answer as you go. If you do not do this and something goes wrong, then you will only have the remaining time to answer all questions (see “If you have test problems” section).

There will be 6 exams throughout the semester, with each exam being composed of 3 parts:

Practical component:

These are outlined below for a description of what they involve and how they are graded.
These are performed in the classroom during the class days indicated.

Written component:

10 multiple-choice and/or MultiSelect questions on each exam.
These use the same question pools as the lab quizzes.
The class schedule identifies which exercises are covered in each exam.
Multiple choice questions only have one correct answer. Multiselect questions have one or more answers that could be correct, including the possibility that every answer is correct.
Multiselect questions will be graded as right answers minus wrong answer. For example, if 3 answers are correct and 1 is wrong, and you only select 2 correct answers, then you score 3-1 = 2 points out of 4 for that question = 50% for that question.
1 point per question.
2 minutes per question + 5 minutes additional to the total time.
2 attempts only (highest scoring attempt being the one that is used).
This is an open book exam.
Lab exams will be administered online with the Respondus Lockdown Browser and Respondus Monitor.

Extra credit:

This is to gain points back on the exam they are associated with.
These use the same question pool as the lab homework.
5 multiple choice questions.
1 point per question.
1 minutes per question + 5 minutes additional to the total time.
2 attempts only (highest scoring attempt being the one that is used).
These are open book assignments. However, and will be administered online with the Respondus Lockdown Browser and Respondus Monitor.
The extra credit assignment is worth a maximum of 5 points to be added to your exam score, and is based on how well you perform on the extra credit assignment. Example, if you score 100% on the extra credit assignment, then 10% will be added to your test score. If you score 50% on the extra credit assignment, then only 5% will be added to your test score. It is possible to score a maximum of 110% on your test by completing the extra credit assignment.
Extra credit for the tests only counts if you take the test. Failure to take the test will result in any points from the extra credit test being reduced to zero.

Grading for exams
Each exam will have the components weighted as shown below.

Component	Percent of exam grade
Practical component	20%
Written component	80%
Total	100%

Notes
I do not believe in curving grades as it is unfair to all students in the class and goes against my academic ethics, so please do not ask me at the end of the semester. The grade you earn is the grade you get.

You are NOT allowed to take pictures or images of tests in any way or form. This includes, but not limited to, during the test and when reviewing tests. You are not allowed to write down test questions. You can review test questions in iCollege, but you are not allowed to keep a copy in any form. Making a copy of any test question in any form (known or unknown) is considered cheating.

A&P1 practical exam assessments
A&P classes will include practical exam assessments throughout the semester.

Format:

There will be 6 practical exam assessments throughout the semester as listed in the schedule.
During the class day listed for a practical exam assessment, each student will demonstrate they have mastered the appropriate skill or content to Dr Hollier.
For identification assessments, students will have 30 seconds per item pointed at to respond. Responding after this time will count as not correctly identifying the item.
For interpretation of results assessments, students will have 1 minute to demonstrate each assessment. Not successfully demonstrating within the time limit will count as not meeting that assessment.
For demonstration assessments, students will have 2 minutes to demonstrate each assessment. Not successfully demonstrating within the time limit will count as not meeting that assessment.
For demonstration and interpretation assessments, students will have 4 minutes to demonstrate each assessment. Not successfully demonstrating within the time limit will count as not meeting that assessment.
Students will have 1 attempt for each assessment.

A&P1 Practical Exam Assessments:

Practical exam assessment 1:

Skill: You will select a tissue from ones viewed during the day and focus the microscope correctly on the tissue at 40X total magnification, 100X total magnification, and 400X total magnification. Dr Hollier will watch you manipulate the microscope and check the focus at each magnification before moving to the next.
Grading: 33% for correctly focusing at 40X total magnification; 33% for correctly focusing at 100X total magnification; 34% for correctly focusing at 400X total magnification.

Practical exam assessment 2:

Content: From a lab model, you will locate and describe the function of 2 cell organelles selected by Dr Hollier.
Grading: 25% for correct identification of each organelle; 25% for correct function of each organelle.

Practical exam assessment 3:

Content: You will identify the type of tissue, its location, and overall function shown to you by Dr Hollier.
Grading: 33% for correctly identifying the tissue; 33% for correctly stating its location in the body; 34% for correctly stating its overall function.

Practical exam assessment 4:

Content: Students will identify 2 bones from the appendicular skeletal system and/or the axial skeletal system that Dr Hollier points at.
Grading: 50% for correctly identifying bone 1; 50% for correctly identifying bone 2.

Practical exam assessment 5:

Content: Students will identify 2 muscles on the human muscle person model that Dr Hollier points at.
Grading: 50% for correctly identifying muscle 1; 50% for correctly identifying muscle 2.

Practical exam assessment 6:

Skill: Students will demonstrate mastery of reflex testing using a reflex hammer.
Content: Students will state the name and function of the part of the cerebrum that Dr Hollier points at on a lab model.
Grading: 50% for successful reflex testing; 25% for correctly stating the cerebrum location name; 25% for correctly stating the cerebrum location function.

Notes for practical exam assessments:

Students absent on practical exam assessment days will not be able to make up the assessment another day unless extenuating circumstances apply.
The number of practical exam assessments dropped at the end of the course is identified in the table listing number of assignments dropped under the course grade section of this syllabus.
Grades will be told to students at the time of the practical exam assessment and posted in iCollege during the week the assessment was performed. Student queries about their grade on the practical exam assessments must be made at the time of their practical exam assessment. Once the student walks away from the practical exam assessment the grade assigned is the final grade for that practical exam assignment.