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# MTH 225: Final Exam, Part 1

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This is **Part 1** of the final exam for MTH 225, Spring 2022. This portion is to be done on your own schedule and submitted to Blackboard in the *Final Exam Part 1* assignment folder no later than **2:30pm ET on Tuesday, June 21**. 

Parts 2 and 3 of the final exam will be administered on June 21. Please review this document for full details on the final exam: [Information on MTH 225 Final Exam](/MfWUbDjsSEWt5Byfz6lexw)
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## General Instructions

In Part 1, you'll be giving **brief but thoughtful written responses** to some questions about the course and your experience in it, generally speaking. Please submit somewhere between 300 and 500 words for each. I will not check the word counts; I am merely asking for responses that are substantive and thoughtful, but not overly long. To get a sense of how long this is, [this website gives samples of text responses of different lengths from 50 words all the way to 500 words](https://cts.instructure.com/courses/172185/pages/word-count-examples). 

Please **type up** your responses --- do not hand-write them. When done, put **all responses in a single Word or PDF file** and **upload the file to Blackboard**. Please submit *just one file* with all your responses in it, not separate files for each response. You will upload this file with all your responses, to the *Final Exam Part 1* assignment which is located in the *Final Exam* area in the sidebar on Blackboard. 

Again, this part is due by **2:30pm ET on Tuesday, June 21**. 



## Items to complete

Please respond to **each** of the following prompts. 

* **Your growth as a learner**: We started off this semester with two questions: *What's something that you are good at doing?* and *How did you get good at that thing?* Now that we're at the end of the course, revisit these questions and describe how you have improved as a learner this term through your work in the course. Focus specifically on the concepts we learned in the course and the methods you used to learn them. Don't just give a laundry list of topics or assessments but instead focus specific areas where you believe you are a better learner now than you were six weeks ago, and why you think so. 
* **When are we ever going to use this stuff?** Pick 1-2 specific topics from the course and describe how you would use them --- or currently do use them! --- in your field, whether that's computer science, computer engineering, or something else. Aim your responses at me (Talbert), a person who knows a lot of math but not a lot of computer science. Be specific and real (no B.S. and no jargon). 
* **Speed round:** Answer each of the following questions with *one sentence*: 
    * What was the easiest part of this class for you? Give a quick explanation. 
    * What was the hardest part of this class for you? Give a quick explanation.
    * What part of the class surprised or interested you the most? Give a quick explanation.
    * What's one thing from the course you'd like to learn more about? Give a quick explanation.
    * What's on your schedule for the rest of the summer? Anything fun or interesting? 


## How this is graded

Really I don't *intend* on "grading" this at all but simply awarding "full credit", because I trust you all to follow instructions, give good responses to these prompts, and turn your responses in on time. If you do all those things, you will earn **35 points** toward the 70 total on the exam and you can come into part 2 without a lot of pressure on you. 

However, I am mentally allocating 10 points to each prompt above. If something happens and there's a missing item, or if a response lacks substance or looks like it was done half-heartedly, I will adjust the points awarded. But that won't happen, right? 