Monday, October 28, 2013

Exam 3 clicker scores are now up for almost everybody.

Exam 3 clicker scores are now up for almost everybody. Exceptions:
  1. morning sec. 0001 students who left before 9:10 AM -- we are trying to reconstruct your data;
  2. a few students who did not click (e.g., forgot their clickers).
But for the majority, your three midterm exam scores are now complete. You can now make an estimate of your grades before the W deadline, but under the following provisions:
  1. You have to remember the grade scale for THIS course:
    1. 90% average
    2. 75%
    3. 60%
    4. 50%
    5. below 50%
  2. I emphasize this because so many students forget the actual grade scale!
  3. Your other pointage, from participation in lecture and homework, factors in as a Np/20 for participation and Nh/20 for homework. You can estimate Np and Nh by looking over your Grades page.
  4. So you make your estimate based on possible 160 points available to date: 120 from exams, 40 from HW and clickiing.
  5. One of these midterms might be the one you drop, after you've taken Exam 4 on Nov. 20.
So there is a lot of roughness in your estimate right now. You can make an estimate, but it still boils down to a judgement call on your part.