Portfolio Assessment Guide

Math 391

PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT GUIDE

 Your portfolio assignments are very important and are meant to be a lasting reference for the course.  One of the main goals of this course is that you can accurately and clearly model each type of problem from the course.  To encourage and support accuracy and quality in your presentations the following assessment procedures will be used.

EACH PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENT (1.1, 1.2, ETC.) WILL BE WORTH UP TO A TOTAL OF 20 POINTS (There are 18 portfolios)

EACH COMPLETED DRAFT PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENT BROUGHT TO CLASS FOR PEER REVIEW WILL BE WORTH 5 POINTS (There are 14 peer review opportunities)

PORTFOLIO POINTS BREAKDOWN

1. MODELING & MATHEMATICS KNOWLEDGE & COMMUNICATION ASSESSMENT (10 POINTS) This assessment will focus on your ability to communicate your:  Depth and clarity of knowledge regarding the mathematics that are being modeled.  Depth and clarity of knowledge regarding the manipulative procedures at hand.  Points will be deducted in this category if your model:  Starts without declaring appropriate manipulative values.  Is not clearly explained (e.g. pictures without explanations)  Does not reflect depth or clarity of mathematical understanding of the problem.  Is explained but not clearly modeled (e.g. explanations without pictures)  Has nice pictures but is not explained (e.g. pictures without explanations)  Does not flow from explanation to picture to explanation to picture, … to the solution (e.g. 1 picture followed by a paragraph explanation or visa-versa is not quality modeling)  Is incorrect mathematically or is modeled incorrectly.  Lacks the correct solution (not modeled, modeled incorrectly or not given) SPECIAL VISUAL REQUIREMENTS FOR OVERALL VISUAL QUALITY  Pencil?  Lead .7mm HB or darker, light pencil that is not legible will not be accepted.  Pen?  Extremely tidy pen is acceptable, messy pen (most) is not acceptable.  Typing is encouraged, especially if you have messy writing. Feel free to type explanations and hand draw and label pictures. Please use Font 12.  NO felt pen markers please, they bleed through and are always messy.  Writing of a legible SIZE & CLARITY. Extremely tiny writing, messy cursive, etc. is not legible and will not be accepted.  LABEL COLORS, don't write or draw in YELLOW please (Shade-blind professor)

PORTFOLIOS TURNED IN THAT DO NOT MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE RETURNED TO BE REWRITTEN AND WILL BE CONSIDERED LATE AFTER THE FIRST WARNING!

2. VISUAL ASSESSMENT (5 POINTS)  This assessment will focus on the visual quality of your presentation (writing and pictures).  Works of art are not required.  Typing is not required (but it is welcomed and encouraged).  Presentations that are legible, tidy and clear with carefully drawn pictures are required.  Points will be deducted in this category if your work:  Is messy in any way and/or hard to read in any way.  Contains messy and/or unclear pictures (labels must also be clear)  Does not follow the general guidelines (see Portfolio Directions)  Has unlabeled or unclear diagrams in any way.  Does not follow the problem specific directions.

3. OUTLINE ASSESSMENT (5 POINTS)  This assessment will check whether or not all of the portfolio write-up requirements have been given (see outline and cover sheets).  Points will be deducted in this category if your work:  Paraphrases or excludes the EXACT PROBLEM STATEMENT  Does not contain a GENERAL MANIPULATIVE DESCRIPTION that does not mention or use the specific problem  Is not presented on appropriately LABELED PAGES (see directions).

See your PORTFOLIO CHECKLIST for examples on assessment deductions.

Portfolio Assessment, Page 2 FIRST SUBMISSION AND RESUBMISSION ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES

FIRST SUBMISSION SCORE After each portfolio is turned in and assessed your 1st submission score will displayed at the bottom of your portfolio cover sheet in one of these categories. FIRST SUBMISSION TOTAL SCORE

PERFECT PORTFOLIO 20 points

Satisfactory 14 – 19.5 No resubmit option /20 Low 0 - 13.5 Resubmit recommended /20

 A (total) Portfolio Write-Up score of 14 POINTS OR HIGHER (70% or more) is considered to be SATISFACTORY.

 A (total) Portfolio Write-Up score of 13.5 POINTS OR LOWER (less than 70%) is considered to be LOW AND NOT SATISFACTORY.  A review and resubmit process is available for LOW scores.

RESUBMISSION (LOW SCORE REVIEW AND REWRITE OPTION) In the case of a LOW score, you are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to rewrite and resubmit your portfolio. This rewrite and resubmission option has been created to help you to achieve better understanding (& scores!) for the rest of the term.

OFFICE HOUR REVIEW  For EVERY low scoring portfolio, you are REQUIRED to come to office hours to discuss your portfolio and rewrite ideas if your 1st submission score is 13.5 points or lower and you wish to resubmit your portfolio. You are, of course, welcome to come by for help at any time, even if you do not intend to rewrite your portfolio.

RESUBMIT TURN IN TIMELINE (See also the Resubmit Turn In Guide) If your score is LOW you will have THREE CLASS DAYS to:  Look over your portfolio assessment comments and to double check the directions, checklist, assessment guide and turn in guide  Come by office hours for the REQUIRED help and review (appointments are available if you cannot attend office hours). Often a short discussion will really help!  Rewrite and resubmit your work, your resubmit deadline date will be written at the bottom of your 1st submission coversheet and, like all assignments, your portfolio resubmission will be due by 4:30 p.m. on the due date.

Portfolio Assessment, Page 3  You may resubmit UP TO FOUR portfolios in this course.

RESUBMISSION GRADING  Your resubmitted portfolio will be assessed in exactly the same way that your 1st submission is assessed.  Your PORTFOLIO SCORE for any resubmitted portfolio will be the AVERAGE of your 1st submission score and your resubmission score.

END OF TERM NOTE Portfolio assignments 9.1 and 9.2 (for Lab 9) are due at the end of the term and there will be no time for a resubmission process.

FIRST SUBMISSION ASSESSMENT EXAMPLE (LOW SCORE)

THIS IS ON THE NEXT PAGE

Portfolio Assessment, Page 4 FIRST SUBMISSION ASSESSMENT EXAMPLE (LOW SCORE)

MODELING / EXPLANATIONS & COMMUNICTATION / MATHEMATICS Missing or Incomplete Details See Modeling Directions: # 1 (none), # 3 (incomplete) See Solutions Directions # 2 (incorrect) Other comments: See Lab 3, problem #3 for examples 10 9.5 9 8.5 8 7 6 5 4 2 0 VISUAL PRESENTATION Missing or Incomplete Details See Visual/ Labeling Directions: # 2 (none), #4 (none) Other comments: This is really messy and not clear. Please see the sample portfolio

Really messy? Automatic 2 point deduction 5 4.5 4 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 .5 0 OUTLINE DETAILS Page Labels (1) Exact Problem (2) General Manipulative (2) Yes / Partial / No Yes / Partial / No Yes / Partial / No 5 4.5 4 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 .5 0

FIRST SUBMISSION TOTAL SCORE

PERFECT PORTFOLIO 20 points

Satisfactory 14 – 19.5 No resubmit option /20 Low 0 - 13.5 Resubmit recommended 8.5/20 Resubmit by Required Consultation / LB initial SEE THE M T W F Date 10/12 RESUBMIT GUIDE

 It is now your responsibility to review the PROBLEM SPECIFIC DIRECTIONS (even if your score is satisfactory and you do not need to resubmit) to see what details you missed.  If you follow the General Directions and the Problem Specific Directions you will find your portfolio scores are always quite high.  This was meant to be an extreme example. Most students do well on their Portfolio 1 st submissions! LATE TURN IN—class late turn in policy applies

Portfolio Assessment, Page 5  Any portfolio original submission or resubmission may be turned in up to 3 class days late (by 4:30 p.m.). After regular grading, there will be a 25% point deduction for each class day late (per item).

FIRST SUBMISSION LATE TURN IN  This will be marked on your original cover sheet, for example: Late Submit 1 class day LB Initial 2 class days LB Initial -25% -50%

Total % deduction for Late 1st Submit -25%

RESUBMISSION LATE TURN IN  This will be marked on your resubmission cover sheet and any late submission deductions will be carried over, for example:

Late 1st Submit Late Resub LB Initial Late Resub LB Initial # Class Days 1 class day LB 2 class days 0 1 2 -25% -50% Total % deduction for combined -50% Late 1st Submit & Resubmit Resulting Score (for late work) 16 X 50% 8/20

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