Christopher Moore
Assistant Professor of Physics | Longwood University
PHYS 324: Thermodynamics of Materials
Spring 2008
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Participation grades:
Class participation is defined in the syllabus. A quantitative measure of class participation will be assigned as follows:
We meet 52 days this semester. You will recieve 2 points per day for each day you completely satisfy the participation requirement, 1 point for each day you partially satisfy the requirement, and 0 points for each day you do not satisfy any requirements for participation. Points will be assigned as follows:
Full credit (2 points): attend, attentive, at least one question or one insightful comment.
Partial credit (1 point): attend, attentive.
No credit (0 points): did not attend or attended but remained asleep or otherwise non-attentive.
You will lose 1 point for each day that you are late to class subtracted after earned points. This means if you are late and contribute nothing during class, you will receive 0 points for the day. If you are late and sleep during class then you will recieve -1 points for the day. DO NOT be late!
You will accumulate points throughout the year. Your final participation grade (10% of the entire course grade) will be calculated by taking your total number of points and dividing by 100. There is a maximum available 104 points. Therefore, you may skip or sleep during class two days without a direct penalty, or you may sit back and merely listen for four days without direct penalty.