The test on Monday, September 24 will be on chapter 1, through section 1.6.

To study for the test you should:

Read the text carefully, stopping periodically to reflect on your understanding. Go back over portions as necessary. Be able to summarize each section. Be able to discuss the concepts presented in each section. Expect test problems that assess your comprehension of the assigned reading.

Study the Class Activities that we did in class. Ask yourself questions like: what is this activity about? what did we learn from this activity? If the class activity asks you to give an explanation, try to write a clear, logical explanation that fits the criteria for scored homework assignments. There may be a test problem that asks you to give this (or a similar) explanation. But: don't just memorize explanations. Test questions may or may not be just like ones you have done. You will need to read the test problems carefully and address them specifically. On the test, it will not be adequate to simply write down something you have memorized.

Do all the assigned don't hand in homework and study the answers given in the text. Expect to see some test problems that are very similar to these problems, whether or not they were discussed in class.

Study the homework that was assigned to hand in. Keep in mind that you may have received a check on an assignment even though your work was not in a fully polished form and may even contain errors. If you took notes on discussions about the assignments, refer to them. Although many homework problems are longer than a test problem could be, some test problems may be related to the homework problems.

Reflect on the reading, the class activities, the exercises, and the problems as a whole. They are meant to work together to help you understand the concepts deeply. If you were the instructor, what questions would you ask to assess a deep understanding of the concepts?

Test problems will be very similar to problems we have worked on. Expect some short, factual problems, and some longer problems that ask for thorough explanations.

There may be a question about constructions using Geometer's Sketchpad. Be prepared to use words and simple sketches to describe how to perform various constructions. I will give you a list of Geometer's Sketchpad commands to refer to. All campus UCNS computers should have Geometer's Sketchpad on them if you want to practice constructions.

Sample problem: Briefly describe and show how to construct a rectangle with Geometer's Sketchpad. Base your construction on the definition of rectangle. Refer to the following list of Geometer's Sketchpad commands from the construct menu:

construct segment,

construct perpendicular line,

construct parallel line,

construct circle by center and point,

construct circle by center and radius.