1. Your final Assignment I-6 is due TODAY !
2. DON’T FORGET YOUR LAST RQ: RQ-10
on IGC Chapter 1
(repeat of Practice RQ-B) due anytime before the
FINAL EXAM which begins at 11:00 am Thur Dec 14th.
3. The FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
(with practice questions & answers) will be posted in D2L Thur Dec 7th.
Dr H & the TA’s will hold office hours until the Final Exam.
Preceptor Study Sessions for the FINAL EXAM will be held next Mon,
Tue, & Wed – see D2L for an upcoming announcement about when & where.
4. PLEASE REMOVE ALL YOUR GRADED MATERIAL FROM YOUR FOLDERS TODAY!
5. GRADEBOOK UPDATES will take place periodically over the next few
days as grading gets completed on I-6, the THINKING DEEPLY reports, and other
remaining items. (Keep an eye on the D2L home page for info on the latest
update.)
Check your gradebooks! If you think a grade is incorrect or has not been
recorded for an activity that you have completed email the TA who graded it
this week (if you have not already done so).
ABOUT YOUR FINAL LETTER GRADE:
--
Your grade should reflect the
accumulation of KNOWLEDGE, not
points.
Scrapping for points in a last-ditch effort at the end of the
semester does not help you case any!
-- The final LETTER GRADE for this course will be based on the % earned
of all possible points in the class.
As stated in the syllabus, the probable letter grade cutoffs are:
A
(100-93%), B (83-92%), C (70-83%), D (60-70%), E (<60%).
HOWEVER these
cutoffs are subject to a slight (relaxed) adjustment (e.g. 93 => 90% , 83
=> 80% etc.) based on the degree of difficulty of this
semester's tests and assignments.
-- At final grade time, if
you are borderline between two letter grades, your effort in
the course as reflected in your
overall completion of assignments and your accumulation of AP points, plus
any bonus points you may have earned, will all be factored into
consideration for the higher letter grade.
-- However, the most critical determinant
of whether you've earned the higher final letter grade
will be your
performance on the ESSAY PORTION of the Final Exam.
LINKING-TO-LIFE SLIDE SHOW (Stay tuned, the
entire class slide show will be posted soon)
