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Gradebook 2 format recommendations for syllabus #7
Grading: Your grade consists of 3 exam scores, and the completion of a series of activities that explore aspects of the scientific method and scientific reporting.
Exams: There will be 4 exams given during the quarter: 3 midterms and a final exam. Only the final contains "cumulative" questions. All exam scores are weighted equally. Your lowest exam score will be automatically dropped and your grade calculated from your 3 highest scores. [Total points possible: 300]
Online Tutorials: You will be completing a number of auto-tutorials across the course of the quarter. Simple completion of the tutorials by their due date will earn you the points (deadline is at the beginning of class time on the date the tutorial is due). [Total points possible: 25]
Activities: You will be completing a series of activities/ worksheets, each of which will explore a different aspect of the scientific method as it is commonly put into practice in psychological research. Due dates for activities are listed in the Course Schedule. Late RPAs will not be accepted for points, but we will review them and provide feedback. [Total points possible: 75]
Extra Credit: There will be opportunities to earn up to 16 points of extra credit (4% of course grade). Instructions will be posted in a folder marked Extra Credit" on the course webpage. [Total points possible extra credit: 16]
Points from your 3 highest exam scores, tutorials, activities, and extra credit will be added together and divided by 400 to determine your grade.
NOTE: No points are given for the required participation in Experimetrix.
Summary of grading - 400 possible points to earn:
3 exams (highest scores of 2 exams) @ 100 points = 300 points
Tutorials and Activities = 100 points
Extra credit = 16 points
A letter grade will be assigned according to the straight percentage of the possible 400 points you receive. There is no "curving" of your grade.
Summary of letter grading (by percent of 400 points):
96.51 or better: A+, 92.51 or better: A, 89.51 or better: A-
86.51 or better: B+, 82.51 or better: B, 79.51 or better: B-, etc.
Below 60 = F