Grade Scales for Homework and Exams
MAA 4211 — Advanced Calculus I
Section 7222 (17793), Fall 2019

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.

The cutoffs given below are the bottom for the "flat" grade, not the minus grade. (For example, if the cutoff listed for a B is 50 points, then 50 is a B and 49 is a B-). The A- cutoff is 1/3 of the way down from the A cutoff to the B cutoff, the B+ cutoff is 1/3 of the way up from the B cutoff to the A cutoff, the B- cutoff is 1/3 of the way down from the B cutoff to the C cutoff, etc. (except that I do not give D-'s; anything lower than the D cutoff is an E).

A cutoff like "17.5" in a grade-scale does not mean that any half-points were given to any student on the corresponding assignment or exam; it simply means that I thought 18 was too high for the cutoff and 17 was too low.

Each average and median below, except for homework totals, was computed from the scores of only those students who took that exam, or who turned in that assignment and were not penalized for cheating. The average for total homework points was computed just from currently-registered students, and therefore does not reflect students who may have turned in earlier homeworks (and are therefore reflected in the averages for those homeworks) but have since dropped the class.


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 assignment and 80 points on the second.

A B C D class average
Assignment 1 (26 points)
22
(85%)
17
(65%)
11
(42%)
6
(23%)
16.5
(63%)
Assignment 2 (39 points)
29
(74%)
23
(59%)
16
(41%)
9.5
(24%)
20.4
(52%)
Assignment 3 (0 points; no hand-in problems)





Assignment 4 (42 points)
30.5
73%
22.5
53%
13.5
32%
6.5
15%
24.8
63%
Assignment 5 (16 points)
13
81%
11
69%
7
44%
5
31%
11.7
63%
Assignment 6 (0 points; no hand-in problems)





Homework totals (123 points)
94.5
(77%)
73.5
(60%)
47.5
(39%)
27
(22%)
75.6 (61%)
(without averaging-in
the 0's for assignment(s)
that some student(s)
never handed in, or
accounting for the scores
that were reduced to 0
because of cheating)


Midterm Exams

A B C D class median class average
Exam 1 (154 points)
127
(82%)
99
(64%)
65
(42%)
39
(25%)
83
(54%)
89
(58%)
list of scores
Exam 2 (146 points + 17 extra-credit points)
113
(77%)
87
(60%)
55
(38%)
36
(25%)
76
(52%)
106
(52%)
list of scores


Final Exam (157 points)

A B C D class median class average
Final Exam (157 points)
129.5
(82%)
99.5
(63%)
65.5
(42%)
42
(27%)
102
(65%)
94
(60%)
list of scores

Distribution of final grades for course

A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D E
Number of students receiving grade 4 2 4 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 2

One of the E's represents a student whose petition for a medical withdrawal has apparently not been approved yet by the Dean of Students Office. The student was able to take only the first exam and hand in only the first two homework assignments. But until the petition is approved, UF keeps the student on the roster, and requires me to submit a grade.

Students continuing in my section of 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 come to my office hours after January 6 (check my home webpage after Jan. 5 for my schedule). I will not send or discuss grades by email.


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