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00:02 So how do you all? Um we're looking at today is a

00:05 very short video on your grades and they represent. So what we're looking

00:11 this particular chart is the exam distribution the first test, and you can

00:17 over here on the right side, have a list of the, uh

00:22 know, the stats for the So there's your average. It was

00:26 61.8 standard deviation, 17 highest low grade. And what the medium

00:32 is there. And if you look this, you can kind of just

00:35 , it's like this is a really weird graph. This is actually

00:39 atypical of a semester. So I have a that are like

00:43 And then what you normally see is see, grades kind of do this

00:45 then kind of scroll down the simple bell curve. But we don't

00:49 that here, do we? it kind of has this. All

00:53 , here's our low, and then just kind of just sits up here

00:56 then kind of peters off, and kind of made me nervous when I

01:00 looked at it but, um, went and I took a look at

01:05 semesters. So the average that you're at here, I'm not upset with

01:10 . That's that's what I'm shooting I should for an average on my

01:13 between a 60 a 65. And that is something you don't understand,

01:19 want you to think about like If I have grades that air in

01:22 hundreds and I'm not really testing to out where the limited your knowledge

01:27 I need to find out. Am challenging you enough to think? And

01:32 if I'm getting hundreds, then I really pushed you all with regard to

01:38 your knowledge so that we have just couple of people out here. That's

01:44 we're trying to achieve. Remember Raising all the ink on the slide

01:50 look like a bell curve, You shouldn't have more than one or

01:56 maximum hundreds. If you see a like you see in some classes in

02:02 liberal arts, it might look something this where it's just kind of a

02:08 slow, and that's totally useless. doesn't tell you anything about whether or

02:13 . People have learned that just shows that they're capable of regurgitation. So

02:18 where's, you know? Like I , I saw this and it doesn't

02:21 that natural bell curve. You can we do have a tail down

02:25 We have that a tale, but is kind of this flat thing.

02:29 what I did, I wouldn't. look, I looked at other semesters

02:33 , uh, semester, where in this little in this graph is the

02:36 one and you can see there is average 61.87 But then you go and

02:41 at spring from last year, it a little bit higher. Spring grades

02:44 typically higher, but here in the , that's the average from last

02:51 So everything is in line. The is is that the performance isn't quite

02:56 well distributed. In other words, had a fatter tail. So let

03:02 just back up so you can kind see here racing kind of slide.

03:05 can see down here at the bottom . It was a little bit

03:10 and so I've been trying to figure what this actually means, and I

03:15 what it represents is just the format which people are learning. It's

03:19 very difficult to be a self all right, if we could self

03:25 , then we wouldn't have a need school. We would just do.

03:28 typically most people are lazy. This myself, you know, it takes

03:34 lot of effort for me to get to do stuff, and so

03:38 what you would see as you'd expect . A portion of this group really

03:42 of be up in this range. what's happened is because you're in an

03:47 environment, it's easy to turn your off. It's easy to see or

03:52 see where you're where you're not really attention, and it catches up with

03:57 in the end. So if you're yourself struggling, you need to make

04:03 a schedule and say, I will this. I will do this.

04:07 need to be in charge of the . Remember what I saw the first

04:11 of class. It's about time management becomes the main important part. So

04:16 you're if you find your grades down this range, all right, you

04:19 to first work on that time And then second, you need to

04:23 about how doe I manage, studying and learning material on my

04:28 And this is where those those slides gave you talking about how to study

04:35 important. All right, how to about studying. And so the idea

04:39 after each class I go, I and I listen to the lecture,

04:43 take notes. And then after each , I take those notes and I

04:47 him down. And I organize myself that I can, um, process

04:52 and store it longer so that when ultimately have to take the test when

04:56 preparing for it, I've already have that organization, and I have much

05:01 that information already stored in memory. haven't watched that video, or if

05:05 ignored my advice, this is the to go back and listen to All

05:10 . So here we are again, at the exams as as a comparison

05:15 that first exam in terms of averages online with regular semesters. Now,

05:24 talk about the overall grade that you're right now. So this is a

05:29 of what it looks like for your average. And remember, you can

05:33 your average in a very simple You just take your test average multiplied

05:38 0.7 to take a quiz average multiplied 0.1. Take your paper grade.

05:43 , on. And for the you know, the only thing we

05:45 was to find the source is so you turn that in or starting out

05:49 sources, you all you have to is pick your topic to turn that

05:52 . That was 100. So the with this graph is that it's

05:56 heavily weighted in favor of the paper . So if you just if you

06:01 picture topic, you gotta hunt. got 18 points out of the out

06:05 100 or for the whole thing. so, as you can imagine as

06:09 go along, as there is more more assignments, each assignment is going

06:14 be diluted in that so you're great not as strong. So right

06:19 this is kind of the breakdown. could see what I did to

06:23 My class fail right now is a . And so there is a portion

06:27 students for below that. And that mean that you're stuck there. You

06:31 easily bring yourself over that threshold. fact, most students do do

06:38 So make sure that you're doing all assignments. That means you're doing.

06:43 quiz is right. Every night you your reading, then you do your

06:47 and then you correct your quiz. you mean take it a second time

06:51 , answer any questions, you to try to bring yourself up to

06:54 higher grade. I always take the grade of the quizzes of the two

06:58 you did. All right. The thing is your test average Well,

07:02 you're gonna have to worry about on next exam. But you've taken this

07:06 . Don't need to worry about exam . Figure out why you're missing your

07:11 and and then make some adjustments to you study it again. I would

07:14 Go back and listen to how I study. But you can see here

07:19 does this? What does the great like? So a range right now

07:23 at about a 90. Alright. that's fairly typical. If I actually

07:26 the natural bell curve. It would way up here, and that wouldn't

07:30 fair. Anybody, So we don't that. It's just if the curve

07:33 favor you, then it doesn't It just stays as what would be

07:37 normal A. But you can see here the B range is a little

07:43 broader. It's not. It doesn't at 80. It starts at 77.5

07:47 now and then the C range starts 63 then the rain starts at

07:53 Now moving from here to here over next couple of weeks is not hard

07:58 do. Moving from here to here not hard to do. Moving up

08:03 here gets a little bit more and obviously, moving up to there

08:06 a little bit more difficult. But not impossible. So if you're if

08:10 dissatisfied with your great right now, you gotta do is do some self

08:16 . It's basically what am I doing ? What am I doing wrong?

08:20 do I make corrections? And then hardest part is then actually doing the

08:25 , making those changes in your lifestyle your study habits to achieve your

08:30 All right. People who are successful necessarily the biggest and the brightest.

08:35 the ones that recognize how to adjust modify their behavior to achieve their

08:42 All right, so that's what you be doing here is making those

08:46 I saw a lot of people here those quizzes that you're just kind of

08:50 them off, and that's gonna you that's gonna kill you. It's gonna

08:54 you up, you know? it's just 10% of my great

08:57 but over the course of semester, That's the difference between A and B

09:01 being a C and A D N C even a nothing to be

09:06 So you wanna you want to be those quizzes, so make sure you're

09:10 the reading by doing the reading. preparing you for the lectures which is

09:15 you for the exams. Everything is . Finally, the easy thing to

09:21 screw up on is not doing the evaluations. Alright, so each of

09:27 things are a little tiny points. right now you have, like 0.25

09:33 . I can't remember what it You know, that makes up

09:36 but because it's 100% of your I'm giving you the full 1000.18 But

09:41 now, that one great is only worth about 10.25 points of your final

09:46 . So you can imagine the next is gonna increase the next time increases

09:50 increases. And if you fair to failed to do the peer evaluations and

09:55 of them are due on Tuesday or , I actually when they pulled up

09:59 take a look so I don't make mistake here. Um, yeah,

10:03 all due on Tuesday, Tuesday at , after each assignment. So you

10:08 turn in your sources in theory, time. And so you're going to

10:14 those assignments, turn you turn them now going to your peer evaluations,

10:19 then you get to keep your If you don't do the peer

10:21 you lose the points for that all right? And if you don't

10:25 an assignment, you don't get to the peer evaluations. It's a simple

10:28 that so today, while you're since listening to this video right after this

10:35 , I'm going to go do my evaluations and get it done. All

10:38 , and then start working on the time. So moving forward, This

10:42 not the time to panic. So no panicking. What we do is

10:46 evaluate. We assess, we make and adjustments, and we bring ourselves

10:52 . I'd love to see everybody get great. Right? That's what I'd

10:55 to see everybody and remember, because are curves. You These values are

11:00 to change after each exam, so sit there at the end of special

11:04 waiting. You said to be with 77 everyone improves that grade is gonna

11:10 . All right, so keep that mind, but that that's all you

11:15 to know about the tests, You , um, just get yourself

11:19 We're moving into unit to and hope stays nice and

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