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From: Dave Lambert Subject: Probable Semester Grade as of 12 April 2011

Your probable grade for the semester is

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A. Remember my overall motto: Your semester grade is not so much about the grade I give you but rather on what YOU have earned, based on your own effort and consistency over the course of the entire semester.

B. You already received a Mid-Term Progress Report as of 6 March 2011.

That report dealt only with the daily reactions on your wiki page.

On that report, I assumed a "B" as the default grade. Then within the "B" range, I used B/B+, B, and B/B- as the normal options when assessing your daily reactions.

C. I have built on that mid-term assessment to derive this "Probable Semester Grade."

To move within the default "B" range, the quality of your reactions was key.

Class contribution could enable you to move from a B- to a B, or a B to a B+.

D. Our course has been predicated upon ongoing work over the course of the semester.

Posting up-to-date reactions to your wiki page is essential to your overall grade.

If you are missing reactions, your grade can be a C, D, or an F.

Note: Though I reserve the right not to count late work, I will check your wiki page by Wednesday of final exam week.

E. Your class contribution


 * Unless you have written absolutely superb reactions over the course of the entire semester, to receive an A or A- for the course, the class contribution piece is vital.**

F. Absences

Excess absences (generally more than 5 in MWF classes and more than 3 in TTh classes) will push your grade lower.

G. **This page is a supplement to the following pages on our wiki**: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Grading http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Mid-Term+Progress+Report