Your grade will be based on both project assignments, 20-minute quizzes and a final. Evaluation will be strongly based on your participation in the course. A mastery learning approach will be employed in the quizzes.
Mastery learning is a concept in which there is a specific set of skills you must demonstrate, to successfully complete this section of the course. You are given two attempts to pass the same material, and you can decide when you have achieved an acceptable score.
Students may arrange working groups; the group or individuals will be responsible for conducting 7 short sampling projects. The members of the group may collaborate on the sample data collection, basic data analysis and tabulation of the data. Each individual is responsible for writing their own report describing the project. If you choose to work in groups you must report the names of other members in the group in your report. Before handing in a report you should have another student critique your report.
All assignments must be typed on a computer or typewriter. Assignments and t ests are due on the date specified and a penalty of -10 % of the possible score will be assessed for each day after the due date. For special circumstances (e.g., family death, scientific meeting, illness) a one week extension will be allowed before the penalty will start. The special cases must be arranged as soon as the situation is known.
Peer assessment is strongly encouraged. Most people benefit from having othe rs read their work before it is turned in. Find someone else in the class to sh are this task with by reading each other's papers. Please do the review early enough before the due date to allow revision of the paper.
This report should be brief but complete, limited to 3 pages, and include some graphical analysis.
Project Rubric - PDF is a rubric designed to help you understand how your reports are graded.