Test Corrections Directions

1. Write on binder paper and title the paper Test Corrections.

2. Use blue or black pen or pencil.

3. Re-write the question.

4. Number the paper with the numbers of the problems on the test that you got wrong.  If the first question you missed on the test was 14, start your test corrections with 14.

5.  Explain why you got the problem wrong and explain what you should have done or should have said.

6. Re-do the problem correctly.

7. Staple the corrections to the front of your test.

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Bad Explanation Example:

Part II. Question: Write the following things underneath the appropriate category.

Explanation: I got it wrong because I placed pure water under the category of heterogeneous mixture and pure water is not a heterogeneous mixture.

Good Explanation Example:

Part II. Question: Write the following things underneath the appropriate category.

Explanation: I got it wrong because I placed pure water under the category of heterogeneous mixture.  Pure water has two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom chemically bonded together.  Pure water is a compound because two different elements are chemically bonded together.

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Bad Explanation Example:

Part III. Question: How many protons does an atom of potassium have?

Explanation: I got it wrong because I said potassium has 39.10 protons and it doesn’t.

Good Explanation Example:

Part III. Question: How many protons does an atom of potassium have?

Explanation: I got it wrong because I said potassium has 39.10 protons.  39.10 is the atomic mass of potassium.  The number in the upper-right hand corner of each box on the periodic table indicates the number of protons each element has.  Potassium has 19 protons.