MC web sucks. 4 Hours later. 0 points.
Dr. Mrs. B. J. Finlayson-Pitts,
The electronic homework isn?t working out for me. I just can?t get it. The last two weeks I got scores of 6 and 0 because I couldn?t get 75% before 12:00. This is the third week that I have failed to score full points. You?re probably thinking that I should be starting the homework a lot earlier and that may be one solution. For the homework due on 10/16/03 I started the homework at 9:00 and failed to get 75% correct before 12:00. A lot of the attempts will not show because I usually close the window If it is impossible to get 75% (i.e. missing 2 problems out of 10). I read the help and follow the examples on the MCWEB, but the last two weeks especially have been inconsistent because the help doesn?t cover specific problems. I spent four hours today, thinking that was enough time, but I failed myself again.
Another week where I have failed to meet the requirement (that?s three now). I?m not even sure I?m learning from the homework. I understand it is beneficial to other students, but wouldn?t it be better if the questions did not change, but instead the answers weren?t given? I have online homework for Calculus as well, but the problem set is always the same and you can go back and forth. I find that more effective because if I miss a problem I can find out why and get help specifically and then correct myself. It seems with the McWeb, I am gambling. If a student is doing the homework and he/she makes a mistake.. well, he/she can?t. I am concerned because I even struggled with the assignments (1-3) even though I thought I understood the concepts. I have attempted various methods of doing the homework. 2 Weeks ago, I looked at the help online (the button to the left of instructions) and followed their examples. It helped to a certain extent, but it seems like I just can?t get 75% right. This week I read the chapter in the book as well as all 14 help pages (they didn?t go over specific problems this time) as well as getting help from my friend on every single problem, but I can?t get away from this.
There have been numerous times where I am rolling through the questions with pretty good accuracy only to come back and hit the backspace button (refreshing the box) and making me start over. It seems today that I learned more about this section reading the book and getting help from people than doing this frustrating homework. The only thing I?m gaining from this online homework is the opportunity to take more asprin. I have consistently been spending over 3 hours on each homework assignment only to be greeted with a zero or six score and a big headache. I don?t understand because it isn?t like I?m not trying or anything. I started to read the chapter and the help online today at 8:00, so it took me four hours to score a zero? What am I doing wrong? What can I do to successfully complete the homework assignments? Please help me. :-(
Phi Dong *622
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