Wednesday, December 18, 2013

12.18 Thanks and Grades

What a great semester this has been for me.  And thank you so much for your constructive comments about how to present the material in this course in a way that might work a little better for the next group of students.  I took good notes and will be looking through them carefully.

As stated in class, I will be reviewing your work over the next couple of days.  I hope to send you a gradesheet with comments on your final project, and your scores for all the categories listed below.
At that point, if you are OK with the grade, that's the grade you will get.  

If you do not agree with the grade - or if I made a mistake adding things up or if you don't agree with the score - send me an email and explain and we will see if we can work things out.  I may or may not revise the score (I am really obligated to evaluate the writing  that is turned in, and cannot grade on effort) but at that point we will know where we stand.  If you remain convinced that the grade is not calculated in line with the terms we agreed upon in the syllabus and in the revisions/discussions through out the course, the process for making a grade appeal is described in the Undergraduate Student Catalog under Grade Grievances.

I expect to send grade sheets by Saturday, and to post your grades on Keanwise by Monday.


Thanks again for being such a great class and Happy New Year!


1.  Blog + comments (response to readings; practice analysis, drafts, reflections, etc)    150 points   
          
2.  Class presentations + group work + participation + homework                                 250 points
16 points each class
3.  Short analysis project                                                                                           100 points

4.  Research project                                                                                                  500 points
250 points = creation of  data collection tools, presentation and preliminary analysis of data

125 points=evidence of writing process including invention writing, successive drafts, and writing to critique and plan revisions to successive drafts

125= final research essay
Total points for course                                                                                                           1000 points

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