Monday, April 1, 2019

"how am i doing in triff's class?" (grade criteria, spring 2021)

here's my syllabus criteria:

exams: 40% of the final grade. 

grades here are letters A,B,C, D (D for "failing," F for "no show"). 

this is a qualitative (not quantitative) average. "A" for example is a ratio between 90-100, not a precise numeral. 

homeworks: 20% of final grade. 

i have set homeworks to show percentage. yet, here's what you need to know. 60% for example is the max. number of homeworks i've set for this miniterm. if you have 70% you have actually the max. number of points in that category, which is 25 points.

attendance: 20% of final grade. 

if you have 100% attendance that is equivalent to 20 points of the final grade. if you have 80% that's 16 points. 

final paper: that's 20 points. 

go back now to your grade center and look at your grades. 

suppose John Doe has 100% attendance (in the end), a B in the midtermexam and 7 homeworks. 

that means: 20 + B (about 84 points = 16.8) + 20. 

that means you got 56.8 points toward your final grade (with room for 40 more points to be had). 

Ok?

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