Name: ______Grading Policy worksheet September 7, 2006

For each student, calculate his or her total grade, using our temporary grading policy, and answer the questions that follow. For quick reference, the grading policy is:  20% - Classwork and Participation  20% - Daily homework assignments  30% - Projects and weekly problem solving assignments  20% - Quizzes and Exams  10% - Behavior according to I CARE core values

Student 1 – Maria Jackson Maria struggles with math, especially with tests, but is a hard worker, and very respectful of her fellow students and teacher. She always does her homework, or at least tries, and if she has questions she gets help from other students or the teacher. She works well on group projects and does her best on the weekly problem-solving assignments, though she finds them very difficult. Her grades for the term are:  Classwork and participation -100%  Daily homework assignments – 90%  Projects and weekly problem solving assignments – 75%  Quizzes and Exams – 60%  Behavior according to I CARE core values – 100% Maria’s final grade is a ______(as a percentage)

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What observations can you make about Maria’s grades? What does she do well on and what does she do worse on? What effect does that have on her final grade? ______Student 2 – Michael Macintosh Michael has a natural gift for math thinking, but he’s never really spent much time working for it, and treats high school math exactly the same way he treated middle school math. He does homework when he feels like it, doesn’t worry too much about the tests because he knows he can do all right in them, and starts his weekly problem solving assignments the morning they are due, turning in whatever he comes up with. In class, he’s generally well behaved, but has a tendency to make fun of other students at the board, when he pays attention at all. The teacher has discussed this with him two different times. His grades for the term are:  Classwork and participation -50%  Daily homework assignments – 50%  Projects and weekly problem solving assignments – 70%  Quizzes and Exams – 75%  Behavior according to I CARE core values – 65% Michael’s final grade is a ______(as a percentage)

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What observations can you make about Michael’s grades? What does he do well on and what does he do worse on? What effect does that have on his final grade? How could he easily improve? ______Student 3 – Bernice Simpson Like Maria, Bernice has always struggled with math, and very much dislikes it. Burned by her previous years, she’s convinced she can never learn it, and has resigned herself to failure. In class, she usually just phases out or goes to sleep. Though she usually writes down the Aim and homework and gives a half-hearted attempt at the Do Now, she very rarely thinks about math at all except in the classroom, and spends most of her tutorial sessions complaining about how she’s no good at math. Her grades for the term are:  Classwork and participation – 20%  Daily homework assignments – 30%  Projects and weekly problem solving assignments – 50%  Quizzes and Exams – 40%  Behavior according to I CARE core values – 75% Bernice’s final grade is a ______(as a percentage)

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What observations can you make about Bernice’s grades? Compare and contrast with those of Maria, who struggles similarly with math concepts. What do you think will happen over the rest of the year? ______