The best way to review for the Final Exam is to go back through and rework each of the six major tests that we've had this semester. Each chapter test contained 12-18 multiple-choice questions, many of which will be very similar to those questions found on their Final Exam. The Exam consists of 44 multiple-choice questions, and is worth a possible 110 points, counting bonus. And students will have their graphing calculator available to use on this Exam.
The next best option to review would be to work through the four pages of review material students received last Monday (December 12th). While these questions were not multiple-choice, they did contain a good assortment of the types of problems students should see on the Exam. For those students who fully complete this review assignment and turn it in on the day of the exam (checked for completion, and spot-checked for accuracy), they can use this to replace their lowest test grade from throughout the semester (including the midterm). For any students with a really low test grade (Statistics, perhaps?), this could add substantial points to their average.
Follow-up from exam day: Surprisingly, there were half-a-dozen students who did not do this exam review at all and came into the exam unprepared -- I don't anticipate strong grades from them! Unfortunatley, no only did this omission not prepare them for the Exam. but they don't get to replace a lowest test grade with their Final Exam, either. And a couple of ther students turned in their Exam Review with no names -- no way to identify their work and then replace their lowest test grade!
