Grade Scales for Homework and Exams
MAA 4212 -- Advanced Calculus
Spring 2002

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. Extra credit is added to the numerator of your "homework fraction" but not to the denominator.

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 (77 points) 54 (70%) 41 (53%) 26 (34%) 12 (16%)
33 (42%)
Assignment 2 (35 points) 26 (74%) 19 (54%) 12 (34%) 7 (20%)
17 (48%)
Assignment 3 (47 points) 34 (72%) 25 (53%) 14 (30%) 7 (15%)
22 (47%)
Assignment 4 (extra credit; max. 75 points) NA NA NA NA
NA
Assignment 5 (41 points) 32 (78%) 24 (58%) 15 (37%) 8 (20%)
24 (58%)
Assignment 6 (32 points) 23 (72%) 17 (53%) 12 (38%) 8 (25%)
12 (38%)
Assignment 7 (30 points) 23 (77%) 18 (60%) 12 (40%) 8 (27%)
21 (70%)
Homework totals (262 points to date) 192 (73%) 144 (55%) 91 (35%) 50 (19%)

Midterm Exams

The averages below were computed from the scores of only those students who turned in a given exam.

A B C D class median class average
Exam 1 (105 points) 90 (86%) 77 (73%) 59 (56%) 43 (41%)
75.5 (72%)
75 (71%)
Exam 2 (95 points) 73 (77%) 57 (60%) 36 (38%) 20 (21%)
53 (56%)
55 (58%)

Final Exam (150 points)

A B C D class median class average
123 (82%) 99 (66%) 70 (47%) 49 (33%)
92 (61%)
87 (58%)
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 1 0 3 2 2 0 0

If you have a question about your grade or would like to look at your graded exam, please stop by my office May 6-8 or after May 20. I will not discuss grades by email, but email is a good way to set up an appointment with me (groisser@math.ufl.edu). If you'll be away all summer, we can set up a telephone appointment. Note: the math department computer system, including email and websites, will be down from May 7-12.

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