Math 112 - Spring 2012 - Grade Record
Below is an explanation of how your final grade is calculated. This is how a grade is computed for any class with weights for various parts of the course.
For the midterm grade, I use a modified version of this scheme where I give the exams, homework, activity and test prep the same proportion of grade as they would get all together at the end of the quarter.
Okay: Think of the course as a total of 100 points. For each category take your percentage in that category, multiply by the weight and add up your scores for your total out of 100. That's it!
| Category | Weight | percentage | score |
| Test Prep | 2 | TEST PREP PERCENTAGE | = TEST PREP SCORE |
| Homework | 10 | HOMEWORK PERCENTAGE | = HOMEWORK SCORE |
| Activities | 10 | ACTIVITIES PERCENTAGE | = ACTIVITIES SCORE |
| Exam 1 | 21 | EXAM 1 PERCENTAGE | = EXAM 1 SCORE |
| Exam 2 | 21 | EXAM 2 PERCENTAGE | = EXAM 2 SCORE |
| Final Exam | 36 | FINAL EXAM PERCENTAGE | = FINAL EXAM SCORE |
| TOTAL | 100 | = TOTAL OUT OF 100 |
| COURSE PERCENTAGE = TOTAL |
This is the percentage that I look for on the grade scale to give your grade. The department expects a median grade of 2.9 for this course and I am also expected to generally follow the guidelines of the faculty resource on grading. I am fairly confident that the posted gradescale will meet these grade requirements, but there may be a curve as necessary to meet these requirements based on class exam statistics (that means the gradescale may be adjusted slightly after each exam).
Specific Notes:
TEST PREP: If you miss one test prep day, you still received full test prep credit. Missing more than this, will lose you points in increments of 0.5.
HOMEWORK AND ACTIVITIES: For homework and activities, we eliminate your lowest scores (leaving 6 homework scores and 6 activity scores) and divide by the total number of points (90 for homework and 120 for activities) to get:
| HOMEWORK PERCENTAGE = (HIGHEST 6 HOMEWORK SCORES) / 90 * 100 PERCENT |
| ACTIVITIES PERCENTAGE = (HIGHEST 6 ACTIVITY SCORES) / 120 * 100 PERCENT |
EXAMS: The midterms will have 50 points on them and the final will have 100 points so to get the percentages we compute:
| MIDTERM EXAM PERCENTAGE = (EXAM SCORE) / 50 * 100 PERCENT |
| FINAL EXAM PERCENTAGE = (EXAM SCORE)/100 * 100 PERCENT |
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