Section7Grades¶ permalink
General PCC Grading Guidelines are found at catalog.pcc.edu/handbook/g301-gradingguidelines.
Subsection7.1Attendance/Participation
Each day of class that you attend is worth 0.25 % of your grade, up to a maximum of 4 %.
Subsection7.2Web Assignments
Most of your homework for this class is to be submitted online through the free program WeBWorK. For details, see WeBWorK Assignments. Collectively, all web assignments are worth 12 % of your final grade. For every web assignment that you do not submit (or have a poor score for), I will replace that score with the score you get on your next exam.
Subsection7.3Written Assignments
Selections of problems from the textbook will be assigned to be be written up formally. Each written assignment is worth 2 % of your grade for a total of 14 %. See Written Assignments for the specifics.
Subsection7.4Late Homework
Web assignments are due whenever WeBWorK says they are due. There is no way to get credit for a late web assignment (unless you unlock an achievement item reward). After the due date, you may still type in answers to check them, but doing so will not increase your score. After the due date, problems will display correct answers. And remember: any WeBWorK score can be overwritten by your next exam score, if that is to your benefit.
Written assignments that are received late may receive a zero. If I have already graded the stack of everyone else's papers, then I do not have time to go back and grade any more. You may try to turn in something late, and if I have not yet graded everyone else's, then I can grade yours.
Subsection7.5Presentations
You will be assigned two partners, and on the last week of class, each group will give a roughly 25-minute presentation on some topic that applies linear algebra. These presentations are worth 10 % of your grade, so they should be treated seriously. See Presentations for the specifics.
Subsection7.6Exams
Please refer to the Calendar for exam dates, and Exams for details about what is covered on each exam. Exams 1, 2, and 3 are worth 15 %, 20 %, and 25 % of your grade, respectively.