12X Grading Allocation 2008-09
Grading allocation in
the Physics 121-2-3 sequence is based on the
number of Student Credit
Hours associated with each course component.
Grade weighting:
Midterms (best 2 of 3) 40%
Final
Exam
25%
Lab
Section
15%
Tutorial Section
10%
Lecture
HW
10%
Instructors may choose to include some credit for use of the lecture response
systems
and/or supplemental homework. This should influence the final course
grade by
only a few percent (~5% total). The selection of the best two Midterm Exams is
based on the
class average and standard deviation for each exam.
Exam Composition:
Midterms
(100 points): ~72% lecture, ~8% lab, ~20% tutorial
Final
exam (150 points): ~57% lecture, ~17% lab, ~27% tutorial
(These are average percentages for all three exams, not for individual midterms.)
There will
be a page of Lab-related questions on one Midterm Exam
and on the
Final Exam. There will be one page of tutorial questions
on each
midterm, and two on the Final Exam. Tutorial pages
and lab
pages will usually be worth 20-25 points. Lab and
tutorial
questions
may be either multiple choice or hand-graded.
Normally 55%
of each Midterm and about 70% of the Final Exam
will be in
the form of multiple-choice questions.
There will
be no makeup exams.
Labs:
The lab
section grade will be based on scores for all 8 lab reports.
Three of
these will be graded on a simple 0 or 3 point scale,
passing
grade = 3. The other 5 labs will be graded on a 0 to 5 point
scale as
described in the lab manual. Students who complete fewer than
6 of the 8
labs will receive a grade of 0.0 for the entire 5-credit course.