Grade Scales for Homework and Exams
MAA 4211
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Advanced Calculus
Fall 2001
The scale for each assignment or exam below is created after the
assignment or exam is graded. These are the cutoffs that will inserted
into the announced grading formulas to determine the "raw score"
cutoffs for final grades.
Homework
Scores (and cutoffs) for the different assignments are simply added
together at the end of the semester. Example: if there are only two
homework assignments, worth 60 points and 80 points respectively, and
the "A" cutoffs are 50 and 70 respectively, then the "A" cutoff for
the homework component of the final grade is 120 out of a possible
140. A student earning 55 points on each of the two homeworks would
have the same homework grade as a student earning 30 points on the
first assigment and 80 points on the second.
The averages below were computed from the scores of only those
students who turned in a given assignment.
| |
A |
B |
C |
D |
class average |
| Assignment 1 (65 points) |
57 | 46 | 31 | 20 |
42 |
| Assignment 2 (50 points) |
39 | 32 | 24 | 15 |
33 |
| Assignment 3 (42 points) |
31 | 23 | 16 | 9 |
23 |
| Assignment 4 (20 points) |
15 | 11 | 7 | 3 |
7 |
| Assignment 5 (70 points) |
56 | 48 | 36 | 27 |
40 |
| Assignment 6 (45 points) |
33 | 25 | 17 | 10 |
26 |
| Assignment 7 (50 points) |
30 | 21 | 12 | 6 |
21 |
| Homework totals (342 points to date) |
261 (76%) | 206 (60%) | 143 (42%) | 90 (26%) |
|
Midterm Exams
Students who improve from the first midterm to the second may have
their second midterm weighted twice as heavily as their first.
| |
A |
B |
C |
D |
class median |
class average |
| Exam 1 (120 points) |
83 (69%) | 57 (48%) | 32 (27%) | 8 (7%) |
28 (23%) | 37 (31%) |
| Exam 2 (110 points) |
88 (80%) | 73 (66%) | 55 (50%) | 36 (33%) |
74 (67%) | 71 (65%) |
Final Exam (200 points)
| A |
B |
C |
D |
class median |
class average |
| 160 | 130 | 88 | 58 |
107 |
111 |
Click here for the
list of scores .
Distribution of final grades for course
| |
A |
B+ |
B |
C+ |
C |
D+ |
D |
E |
| Number of students receiving grade |
3 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
17 students, out of 18 enrolled, took the final exam;
the student who received the E is the one who did not take the final.
Students continuing in the course (i.e. taking MAA 4212) will have their
exams returned in January. For other students,
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 not discuss
grades by email, but email is a good way to set up an appointment with
me (groisser@math.ufl.edu).
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