Section 5 Grading
- Standards Based Grading
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Your grade will reflect your knowledge of the topics, your ability to work problems, and your grasp of the concepts. Communicating correctly is as important as remembering and solving. Specific criteria are provided below and with individual assignments as required.
Your grasp of topics at the end of the semester must be sufficient to move on to other courses and use the material in life. As a result, your grade will be split into three portions. The first portion of your grade consists of daily work such as homework. This accounts for 10% of your grade. The second portion of your grade consists of projects. There is roughly one project per major topic. This accounts for an additional 30% of your grade.
The third portion of your grade will be the standards. This accounts for 60% of your grade. A list of the standards and a map of problem types to standards is provided on Blackboard.
Each exam will have problems from every category covered prior to that time. If you have already earned enough points in a category you will not need to attempt problems from that category in later exams.
- Calculate Your Grade
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Lessons, Practice, Quizzes 10% Projects 30% Standards 60% - Grade Scale
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59 - Progress
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A grade of C or higher is needed to progress to a course for which MATH A104 is a prerequisite. However, note that the students who succeed in later courses have usually earned a B or an A.
Note a grade of C generally indicates the ability to use methods on identical problems. A grade of B indicates some ability to apply methods on similar problems, and an A indicates understanding of the concepts.
- Late Work
See Late Work under Policies.