Grading
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ACTIVITIES
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DESCRIPTION
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DUE DATE |
POINTS
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Strengthen your retention of key concepts and demonstrate your learning by answering questions about the concepts, readings, and class presentations, etc. May be taken up to two times.
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Available 27 Jan through 1 Feb at 6 pm.
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15
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Find a current social-ecological problem in the present and develop a plan to seek insights from the past. Present this plan to the class to find out if your proposal will be funded.
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6 Feb
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10
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Build your understanding of collapse, sustainability, and how the past can/cannot inform the present. Improve, also, your ability to craft evidence-based arguments and work in an interdisciplinary team. Five points will be devoted to the oral presentation.
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14 Feb. by 9:30 am.
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25
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Deepen the class's understanding of collapse and sustainability around the world by investigating and presenting several case studies of collapse or sustainability. Use the ABT approach in your presentation. May be developed individually or in a group of 2 or 3. Ten points per presentation. Notify instructor at least one day in advance.
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Between 26 Jan and 15 Feb.
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20
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Develop your ability to "see" the structure of an argument and improve your ability to construct effective arguments. Two argument maps expected at 2.5 points each. If the maps come from articles you used for your research, the maps are due with your Research Report.
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Tuesday, 14 Feb by 9:30 am
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5
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What do you think? Can the past inform the future? Please develop your answer to this question in a short essay.
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Wednesday, 15 Feb by 9:30 am
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5
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Your contributions to the learning community, attendance, discussion leadership, and team evaluation are an important part of your grade.
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Daily
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20
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TOTAL
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100
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All grades are posted on Canvas. Please check it often and look for my comments on each Activity.
Activities to earn additional points
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Submit Quiz questions
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Create questions for the Key Concepts Quiz. You'll earn 0.5 points for each question I use in on the Quiz. Groups may work together to create questions.
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5
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Interdisciplinary team leadership
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Each research team will select a leader. This person will keep the group focused on meeting deadlines and producing quality work.
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3
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Additional argument maps
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To further develop you ability to "see" the argument and evidence presented in many scholarly written works, I am offering one additional point for each argument map you submit beyond the 5 points allocated for this Learning Activity, up to 5 additional points. These points will be added to the total points you earn from all Learning Activities. Think of them as extra credit or insurance against a lower than expected evaluation of another assignment. Maps are due the day the reading will be discussed.
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up to 1 point for each extra map, 5 point maximum
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Course Letter grades
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A 93-100+
A- 90-92 B+ 87-89 B 83-86 B- 80-82 C+ 77-79 C 73-76 C- 70-72 D+ 67-69 D 60-66 F<= 59 Pass/Fall: Pass >= 70 points and all assignments submitted |
