GRADING SCALE FOR PSY126

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See the related link HOW TO PREPARE (for electronic notebooks, exams, country team presentations).

Letter Grades

How 1000 points are distributed

Brief details (about Part One, Part Two, and Part Three)

Attendance and Point Deductions

Letter Grades

A	To earn a grade of A you have to:	Obtain a cumulative grade percentage of 90% or greater.
B	To earn a grade of B you have to:	Obtain a cumulative grade percentage of 80% but less than 90%.
C	To earn a grade of C you have to:	Obtain a cumulative grade percentage of 70% but less than 80%.
D	To earn a grade of D you have to:	Obtain a cumulative grade percentage of 60% but less than 70%.
F	To fail the course you have to:	(1) Withdraw improperly, cheat or plagiarize (claim someone else's work or writing as your own), or (2) Achieve a cumulative percentage of less than 60%.

Student achievement is based on 1000 possible course points:

(1) There are three exams given during Modules 5, 10, and 15 (each exam worth up to 100 points);
(2) Electronic Notebook Points are awarded during Modules 5, 10, and 15 (each award is worth up to 200 points);
(3) a Team Effort Country Report is presented to the class during Part II of the course using Module 6, 7, 8, or 9 for 100 points.

Items (1), (2), and (3) above and their points possible are shown in the following table:

There are 1000 course points divided as follows:

Part I
(Modules
1 through 5) Part II
(Modules
6 through 10) Part III
(Modules
11 through 15) The "Final Exam"
is Exam #3

Exam #1
          = 100 points

Electronic
Notebook
in Part I
          = 200 points

Total Points
Possible
in Part I
         = 300 points
Cumulative
Points
Possible
in Part I    = 300 points

Team Effort Country Report
          = 100 points

Exam #2 = 100 points

Electronic
Notebook
in Part II
          = 200 points

Total Points
Possible
in Part II
         = 400 points


Cumulative
Points
Possible
in Part I and
Part II
                 = 700 points

Exam #3 = 100 points

Electronic
Notebook
in Part III
          = 200 points

Total Points
Possible
in Part III
          = 300 points

Cumulative
Points
Possible
in Parts I and
Part II and
Part III
                 = 1000 points

- Brief details about exams, electronic notebooks, and the
team effort country presentation.
- A complete description of what you need to know to prepare for exams, electronic notebooks and team effort country presentations is found in this syllabus under the link called HOW TO PREPARE.

Brief Details - Part One

1. Your electronic notebook should be received by the instructor not later than the start of Module 5, Part One.
2. The electronic notebook should consist of an email to the instructor with eight separate attachments.
3. Each attachment should contain your response to the three daily class activities mentioned in the following table, and set forth in the 15-Module Calendar used in Psychology for Business and Industry.
4.Complete the material shaded in green in each of these Daily Class Outlines.
5. Turn your own response background to yellow.

Module #1

Part I

Part II

Module #2

Part I

Part II

Module #3

Part I

Part II

Module #4

Part I

Part II

Part One
Electronic Notebook
is 20% of
Psychology for Business and Industry.

Exam #1 results will be based on:

1. An online true-false and multiple choice exam during Module 5, Part II,

2. Any assistance you received as the result of taking online true-false and multiple choice quizzes on each chapter during Module 5, Part I.

Exam #1 is 10% of Psychology for Business and Industry.

Brief Details - Part Two

1. Your electronic notebook should be received by the instructor not later than the start of Module 10, Part One.
2. The electronic notebook should consist of an email to the instructor with eight separate attachments.
3. Each attachment should contain your response to the three daily class activities mentioned in the following table, and set forth in the 15-Module Calendar used in Psychology for Business and Industry.
4. Complete the material shaded in green in each of these Daily Class Outlines.
5. Turn your own response background to yellow.

Module #6

Part I

Part II

Module #7

Part I

Part II

Module #8

Part I

Part II

Module #9

Part I

Part II

Part Two
Electronic Notebook
is 20% of
Psychology for Business and Industry.

Team Effort Country Briefing to the class.

During Modules 6, 7, 8, and 9 we will hear Team Effort Country Briefings. Every team member should have an equal opportunity to present. The team leader should introduce each team member and the topics that each person will be reporting on. A team member should summarize the results. Each team should use both high-tech and low-tech methods to involve the audience so as to capture the imagination of everyone listening.

Exam #2 results will be based on:

1. An online true-false and multiple choice exam during Module 10, Part II,

2. Any assistance you received as the result of taking online true-false and multiple choice quizzes on each chapter during Module 10, Part I.

Team Effort Country Briefings are worth 10% of Psychology for Business and Industry.

Exam #2 is 10% of Psychology for Business and Industry.

Brief Details - Part Three

1. Your electronic notebook should be received by the instructor not later than the start of Module 15, Part One.
2. The electronic notebook should consist of an email to the instructor with eight separate attachments.
3. Each attachment should contain your response to the three daily class activities mentioned in the following table, and set forth in the 15-Module Calendar used in Psychology for Business and Industry.
4.Complete the material shaded in green in each of these Daily Class Outlines.
5. Turn your own response background to yellow.

Module #11

Part I

Part II

Module #12

Part I

Part II

Module #13

Part I

Part II

Module #14

Part I

Part II

Part Three
Electronic Notebook
is 20% of
Psychology for Business and Industry.

Exam #3 results will be based on:

1. An online true-false and multiple choice exam during Module 15, Part II,

2. Any assistance you received as the result of taking online true-false and multiple choice quizzes on each chapter during Module 15, Part I.

Exam #3 is 10% of Psychology for Business and Industry.

Exam #3 is the
"Final Exam."

Attendance and Point Deductions

See related link on Attendance.
See the syllabus link on attendance.

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