Grade Scales for Exams
MAP 2302, Section 3227 (6th period)
Elementary Differential Equations
Fall 2005

Hour Exams

A B C D class
median
class
average
Exam 1 (100 points) 88 77 60 49
63
60
list of scores
Exam 2 (100 points) 86 74 55 42
71
66
list of scores
Exam 3 (100 points)
85 72 53 40
58
57
list of scores

Final Exam (200 points)

A B C D class median class average
165 140 96 59
127
127
Click here for the list of scores .

Total points needed on 1000-point scale for each final grade.

In Scale 1, the midterms were weighted 20% each; in Scale 2 the first midterm was weighted 16% and the other two midterms 22% each. In both scales, the final exam was weighted 40%. In a small number of cases, a small bonus was awarded for class participation and/or a significant trend of improvement from the beginning of the semester to the end; otherwise, each student received the better of the two grades computed from the two scales.

A B+ B C+ C D+ D E
Points needed using Scale 1 848 787 726 627 528 454 380
Points needed using Scale 2 847 786 724 625 526 451 377
Number of students receiving grade 1 1 3 3 2 0 1 4

The class GPA, not including one still-outstanding incomplete, was 1.93. The grade distribution and the class GPA were very much skewed by the fact that out of the 15 students represented on the list above, four did not show up to take the final exam despite still being enrolled in the course. These four students account for the D and three out of the four E's; the GPA of the other 11 students was 2.55.

The GPA for my other section MAP 2302 this fall was 2.27.

If you have a question about your grade or would like to look at your graded exam, please stop by my office in January; I will be back starting January 6. I will not send or discuss grades by email, and will delete, without responding, any email requesting a response related to grades. My spring office hours will be posted in early January. To set up an appointment with me, please contact my receptionist Connie (connie@math.ufl.edu, 392-0281 ext. 221).


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