Grading Criteria

[sampan501]

I think that when we develop the course next year, we should have clear grading criteria that are completely transparent to the students. This lets them know where they are in the course and makes our grading the students a bit easier. Here is my proposal:

• Miss:
  • 1 week: A-
  • 2 weeks: B
  • 3 weeks: C
  • 4 weeks: F
  • If can’t make it to class and TA agrees to meet outside of class, doesn’t count as a miss
• Completed PR is 50% of grade
• Passing is missing less than 4 weeks and a completed PR

Any thoughts? @jovo @bdpedigo @v715 @ tathey1 @ jdey4

[eigenvivek]

It should be possible for people to get +/- grades. Maybe a + should be added for truly exceptional work.

• No miss + completed PR + exceptional work = A+
• 1 miss + completed PR + exceptional work = A
• 2 miss + completed PR + exceptional work = B+

[bdpedigo]

ya, definitely think missing a week and getting an A should be possible

[jovo]

no A-?

[eigenvivek]

under sambit's scheme, you can earn a A- if you miss 1 class and merge ur PR.

similar to giving a + for exceptional work, we could give a - for subpar work (not sure why a subpar PR would be merged tho). i don't like this because it feels too subjective.

[sampan501]

no A-?

1 miss + completed PR + not exceptional work = A-

[jovo]

'exceptional work' is too subjective?
let's see: everybody write down who you think is doing exceptional work, and then once we all have written it down, we can share with one another?

[sampan501]

also, are we giving an incomplete for students who don't meet the requirements, or just an F if they don't finish by the end of the semester? Not sure if there is some kind of university policy for this

[jovo]

F unless they make arrangements with us (that we agree to) to make up all the missed work.
that said, they should be working on teams, so unless the team is continuing, making up for missed work is a bit fake.

[eigenvivek]

@sampan501 and i were discussing tagging some issues as exceptional or high-priority. if students successfully merge those, they could earn the +. a way of making "exceptional work" less subjective.

it's more rigorous, but personally i dont like it bc there's a limited number of opportunities for students to get the +. anyone have improvement ideas.

[jovo]

i'm cool with subjective.