I have gotten into the habit of giving three monthly exams in addition to a cumulative final exam in my math classes. Aside from the assessment information (collected in addition to weekly homework and sometimes monthly projects) I find that the process of preparing the students for an exam to be a wonderful time to encourage them to see the bigger picture. Part of that comes from looking at a topic again after some time has passed; part of that comes from realizing when two topics are instances of the same pattern.
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