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Section 6 Grades

For general information about grades, please go to the PCC Grading Guidelines.
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http://catalog.pcc.edu/handbook/g301-gradingguidelines/
Table 6.1. Grades
Assignment Number Weight
Paper Homework 7 20%
ALEKS Homework 7 10%
Workbook Activities 18 10%
Quizzes 7 10%
Midterm Exam 1 20%
Final Exam 1 30%

Subsection 6.1 Assignments

Paper Homework
Most weeks you will have a set of homework problems, mostly taken from the textbook, to complete and submit on your own. Paper homework will be due in class on the following Monday.
ALEKS Homework
Most weeks you will have a set of homework problems assigned on ALEKS. These assignments are due Fridays at midnight.
Workbook Activities
For each class session there is an associated workbook activity. The workbook will be graded based on self-assessments submitted before the Midterm and the Final. The workbook comes in an HTML Format
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miranda-ramsey.github.io/mth20-workbook/
and PDFs will be posted on D2L. It is your responsibility to bring the workbook activities to class, either printed out or in a digital format.
Quizzes
There will be seven quizzes, each administered on a Wednesday at the start of class and covering material from the week before.
Quiz Corrections: After your graded quiz is returned, you may redo the quiz in its entirety and submit it as a Quiz Correction. Your final grade will be an average of your two submissions, meaning you can recover up to half of your missed points by submitting a quiz correction. For example, if you score a 6/10 on a quiz, you may upgrade your score to an 8/10 with a quiz correction.

Subsection 6.2 Exams

Midterm Exam
There is one Midterm Exam in this class, administered on Wednesday, April 30. There will be no calculator allowed on this exam, as all of your work will need to be shown by hand.
Practice Midterm: One week before the Midterm, I will release a Practice Midterm. Working on it together with your group will be one of the Workbook Activities, and you can make sure that you are prepared for the exam and support your classmates by preparing together.
Midterm Corrections: After your graded exam is returned, you may redo the exam in its entirety and submit it as a Midterm Correction. Your final grade will be an average of your two submissions, meaning you can recover up to half of your missed points by submitting a Midterm correction. For example, if you score a 74% on the exam, you may upgrade your score to an 87% with a midterm correction.
Final Exam
There is one Final Exam in this class, administered on Wednesday, June 11. There will be limited calculator use allowed on this exam. Unfortunately, since the Final will be during our last class meeting, there is no opportunity for a Final Correction.
Practice Final: One week before the Final, I will release a Practice Final. Working on it together with your group will be one of the Workbook Activities, and you can make sure that you are prepared for the exam and support your classmates by preparing together.

Subsection 6.3 Late Work and Make-Up Policy

Mathematics is a subject that builds on itself, so it is crucial that you stay on top of your work at the pace of the class. However, I understand that life does not always line up with college schedules and deadlines. If you need more time to complete a homework assignment, or if you need to miss class, please contact me (see Subsection 3.2) to work out an extension, or another way to make up work.