M2B Exam 1 - Corrections Instructions - V4

Sep 3, 2026

Exam corrections instructions guide students through a six-step process after completing first-attempt in-class assessments. The packet emphasizes reviewing graded work using targeted feedback to locate correct answers, diagnose specific errors, and plan strategies for improved future performance. It explains expectations for submission evidence across steps 6–8, the role of the instructor’s second-draft grade in calculating the course final percent score, and the importance of meeting the established due date. It also details phase-by-phase study activities, tables for performance review, self-assessment questions, and SMART goal-setting parameters.

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Exam corrections instructions

Purpose and credit requirements

Due date guidance

Late work policy

Six-step corrections process

Performance review table

Exam 1 self-assessment

SMART goal-setting rubric

| In this class, one of the ways you demonstrate your learning to me (Jeff) is by completing your first-attempt on in-class exams. After you complete your first-attempt on any in-class assessment, I grade your solutions. I then return your work with targeted feedback on your mistakes and a first-draft score. Once you get your graded exam back with you first-draft score, you can use this exam correction activity to earn credit to revisit your work on the exam, find the correct answers to all questions you missed, identify the specific errors made, devise strategies to improve your future performance, and reflect on your learning in this class.
HOW CAN YOU USE THIS EXAM CORRECTIONS INSTRUCTIONS DOCUMENT? | | --- | | This exam corrections process in this class has six steps. In each step, you will reflect on different aspects of your performance. This exam corrections instructions document gives you specific guidance in completing each step of this process. To earn credit for this corrections assignment, you (the student) must show me (the instructor) evidence that you have completed all six steps outlined on pages 6 – 8 below. To do so, you will submit an exam corrections packet. I will then grade your entire exam corrections packet and assign a second-draft grade to your in-class exam. This second draft grade is the grade I will use to calculate your final percent score in this course. With this in mind, I implore you to read these instructions carefully.
WHEN IS YOUR EXAM CORRECTIONS PACKET DUE? | | We determine together in class the exact due date and time for your exam corrections packet. Please attend class regularly and participate in our discussion about due dates. If, for some reason, you missed the class during which we set the due date for exam correction, please contact one of your colleagues in class to figure out when this assignment is due. Please do not ask Jeff about this due date.
DOES JEFF ACCEPT LATE WORK FOR CORRECTIONS? | | Phase | Purpose and Timing | Study Skill
Activity | | --- | --- | --- | | 0 | Create and refine a compelling purpose for yourself in earning your education and set academic goals. These documents can be quite helpful for students to stay motivated and focused on long-term goals in the face of short-term temptations or stressful events. I encourage my students to routinely complete this phase before each quarter begins with strategic revisions to each quarter’s goals throughout the quarter. | 0.1 and 0.2 | | 1 | Plan your weekly schedule, outline all major due dates for the entire quarter in a term-long calendar, and strategically budget your energy to focus on performing well on important milestones like exams and project due dates. I ask my students to start your first draft support documents associated with this phase before the quarter begins and to complete as thorough a template for the entire quarter’s due dates by the end of the first week of every quarter. | 1 and 2 | | 2 | Devise and refine your daily study rituals. On a day-to-day basis, focus as much energy on strategic, deep learning. This includes a razor sharp focus on creating customized lecture notes that expand on the course content in your own words, highlight important connections between ideas, and document your learning on the content of each lecture. Also included in this phase is creating and maintaining a valuable organizational system. If you do this well, it should take you no more than 10 seconds to find any document you desire from any part of the course. | 3 and 4 | | 3 | Focus on training your ability to remember key facts and on strengthening your problem solving capacity on problems related to the content of the course. | 5 and 6 | | 4 | The night before the exam, prepare any and all resources you might need to thrive on the exam, sign off early, get at least seven hours of sleep, and plan to perform at your best. Use active positive visualization (so-called psycho-cybernetics) to stay relaxed

FAQs

What is the purpose of the exam corrections process in this class?

The process helps students earn credit by revisiting graded exams, finding correct answers, identifying specific errors, and reflecting on learning to improve future performance.

What must be included to earn credit for the corrections assignment?

Students must submit an exam corrections packet showing evidence that all six steps outlined on pages 6–8 are completed.

How does the instructor grade the corrections and how does it affect the course grade?

The instructor grades the entire corrections packet and assigns a second-draft grade, which is used to calculate the student’s final percent score in the course.

Sep 3, 2026

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