Botany 115 Grades

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  Botany 115 On-Line  Spring 2006  W.P. Armstrong, Instructor

  Percentages Based On Exams #1-5 [7:00 P.M. Thu. 18 May 06]
  Submission Deadline For All 5 Exams: Thur. May 18 4:00 P.M.

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  Botany 115 On-Line  Spring 2006  W.P. Armstrong, Instructor
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       TOTL   % of       % of       EXAM  EXAM  EXAM  EXAM  EXAM
ID #    PTS   TOTL  GR   HIGH   GR   # 1    #2    #3    #4    #5
        928    PTS  **   STUD   **    96   200   216   232   184
 Pts:   928 (Total Possible Pts)      96   200   216   232   184
         Highest Student Scores:      93   195   214   226   177
 Pts:   905 (Highest Student Pts)     93   195   214   226   177
            No. of Exams Included:     5
31755-----------------------------------------------------------
 6165   622  67.0%  D   68.7%   C     73   166         218   165
 3103   845  91.1%  A   93.4%   B     89   164   201   225   166
 2210   716  77.2%  C   79.1%   C     81   147   169   222    97
 7807   905  97.5%  A  100.0%   A     93   195   214   226   177
  675     0   0.0%  F    0.0%   F
 5349     0   0.0%  F    0.0%   F
 9750     0   0.0%  F    0.0%   F
 5545     0   0.0%  F    0.0%   F
 1883   775  83.5%  B   85.6%   B     79   148   172   226   150
 1280   870  93.8%  A   96.1%   A     85   183   204   221   177
 6788     0   0.0%  F    0.0%   F
 1192   811  87.4%  B   89.6%   B     80   169   175   225   162
 1454   831  89.5%  B   91.8%   B     82   178   194   220   157
 8232     0   0.0%  F    0.0%   F
 8954   848  91.4%  A   93.7%   B     85   184   187   216   176
 9542   735  79.2%  C   81.2%   C     69   144   171   208   143
 5678     0   0.0%  F    0.0%   F
 8450  Student Dropped
 1495  Student Dropped
 7936   783  84.4%  B   86.5%   B     82   144   186   214   157
 7153   817  88.0%  B   90.3%   B     80   170   184   217   166
 3474     0   0.0%  F    0.0%   F
 1677     0   0.0%  F    0.0%   F
 2153   558  60.1%  D   61.7%   D     76   142   130   210
  343   875  94.3%  A   96.7%   A     87   183   206   225   174
 7042   611  65.8%  D   67.5%   C     78   164         205   164
 4509   752  81.0%  B   83.1%   C     76   142   166   222   146
 6981  Student Dropped
 1854   815  87.8%  B   90.1%   B     82   161   186   225   161
 3366   808  87.1%  B   89.3%   B     80   162   181   219   166
 6681  Student Dropped
 
 
 
 
 
 
SUMMARY OF GRADE SPREADSHEET:
 
TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS:     27
 
 
HIGHEST EXAM TOTALS:         905
[DIVIDED INTO INDIVIDUAL TOTALS TO GET % OF HIGHEST STUDENT]
 
 
TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE:       928
[DIVIDED INTO INDIVIDUAL TOTALS TO GET % OF TOTAL POINTS]
 
        BASED ON HIGHEST STUDENT:         BASED ON TOTAL POINTS:
 
  # of A's:      3      % of A's:  11.1%      TOTAL # A's:     5
  # of B's:      9      % of B's:  33.3%      TOTAL # B's:     8
  # of C's:      5      % of C's:  18.5%      TOTAL # C's:     2
  # of D's:      1      % of D's:   3.7%      TOTAL # D's:     3
  # of F's:      9      % of F's:  33.3%      TOTAL # F's:     9
 
     Grade Scale Lookup Table:      0.0% 49.5% 64.5% 84.5% 94.5%
      [Based On Top Student]           F     D     C     B     A
 
     Grade Scale Lookup Table:      0.0% 60.0% 70.0% 80.0% 90.0%
      [Based On Total Points]          F     D     C     B     A
 
                                   Exam1 Exam2 Exam3 Exam4 Exam5
     Highest Scores On Each Exam:     93   195   214   226   177
     Maximum Points On Each Exam:     96   200   216   232   184

A Note To My Students: This course utilizes two grade scales, the traditional grade scale based on percentages of the total points, and a grade scale based on percentages of the highest student. It is NOT based on a curve where there must be a given number of A's, B's, C's, D's and F's. The left percentage for each student reflects the traditional grade scale, while the right percentage reflects the grade scale based on the highest student. You will receive the higher of the two grade scales for your final grade in the course. Grade scales based on the highest student are often used in difficult courses where students seldom come close to the maximum possible points, and the traditional grade scale is much too stringent with few or no A's. My grade scale based on the highest student generally has more C's. It also has more A's and B's if the total points of the highest student is considerably less than the total possible points; however, in Botany 115 on-line students often come closer to the total possible points, and consequently there are more A's using the traditional grade scale. WPA

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