Grading
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LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Click links below for rubrics |
DESCRIPTION OF LEARNING ACTIVITIES
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due dates |
WEIGHT
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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. Three opportunities offered to take the quiz to demonstrate and solidify your learning.
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31 Aug, 5:00 pm
11 Sep, 9:00 am 18 Sep, 9:00 am |
~10%
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A field notebook is a record of the day-to-day details of our field trip and field work. Field notebooks are essential for creating an accurate and comprehensive final report of your field work.
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17 Sept, 9:00 am, bring to class
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~10%
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Tree-ring Climate-Human Behavior Project
(individual OR group project - see below) |
Projects to determine the climatic context of past human behavior and action are key components of most archaeological investigations. This project will develop a suite of methodological and theoretical skills for working with tree-rings as a climate proxy and making inferences about human behavior.
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14 Sep, 5:00 pm, upload to Canvas
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~40%
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Throughout the block you have been asked: "How can the past inform the present and future?" This essay is an opportunity for you to reflect on and answer this question.
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19 Sept
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~10%
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Your contributions to the learning community, attendance, and participation are important for your learning and the learning that occurs in our learning community.
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daily
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~30%
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TOTAL
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100%
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Please come see me if you would like additional clarification of the expectations of any of the projects/activities above!
All assessments are posted on Canvas. Please check it often and look for comments on each Activity.
All assessments are posted on Canvas. Please check it often and look for comments on each Activity.
Course Letter grades
A = All learning activities above completed and submitted. All or most activities received an "Exceeds Expectations" assessment. To receive an "A" grade requires that you demonstrate significant efforts towards and engagement with your learning and our learning community. 'A' grades will be reserved for those students that choose to work collaboratively with another student in the class on their Tree-ring and Climate-Human Behavior Project combining and synthesizing their data and submitting a report that Exceeds Expectations. Most sustainability and climate work, outside of a classroom, is done within interdisciplinary teams. Working collaboratively usually produces stronger work and more insightful results but it is often more difficult and time consuming than working individually,
B = All learning activities above completed and submitted. All or most activities receive an "Exceeds Expectations" assessment. The quality of your learning, effort, engagement, and contributions to the learning community were high. If you choose to work collaboratively with another student on the Tree-ring and Climate-Human Behavior Project, the final assessment of the Final Report may not have exceeded expectations.
C = All learning activities above completed and submitted. All activities received an "Exceeds Expectations" or "Meets Expectations" assessment. You may or may not have chosen to work collaboratively with another student on the Tree-Ring and Climate-Human Behavior project. Your effort, engagement, and contributions to the learning community were adequate but not distinguished.
D and No Credit = All or most of the learning activities above were completed and submitted but the quality was uneven and the expected commitment to your learning and our community of learners was not sufficiently evident.
Pass/Fail = If you are taking the block pass/fail, to receive a "pass" assessment you must meet the expectations for a "C" letter grade.
The addition of a '+' or '-' to a letter grade is a qualitative and holistic assessment of the quality of all learning activities and your effort and engagement.
For any activity to receive an "Exceeds Expectations" assessment it must be submitted on-time unless extenuating circumstances have been discussed.
B = All learning activities above completed and submitted. All or most activities receive an "Exceeds Expectations" assessment. The quality of your learning, effort, engagement, and contributions to the learning community were high. If you choose to work collaboratively with another student on the Tree-ring and Climate-Human Behavior Project, the final assessment of the Final Report may not have exceeded expectations.
C = All learning activities above completed and submitted. All activities received an "Exceeds Expectations" or "Meets Expectations" assessment. You may or may not have chosen to work collaboratively with another student on the Tree-Ring and Climate-Human Behavior project. Your effort, engagement, and contributions to the learning community were adequate but not distinguished.
D and No Credit = All or most of the learning activities above were completed and submitted but the quality was uneven and the expected commitment to your learning and our community of learners was not sufficiently evident.
Pass/Fail = If you are taking the block pass/fail, to receive a "pass" assessment you must meet the expectations for a "C" letter grade.
The addition of a '+' or '-' to a letter grade is a qualitative and holistic assessment of the quality of all learning activities and your effort and engagement.
For any activity to receive an "Exceeds Expectations" assessment it must be submitted on-time unless extenuating circumstances have been discussed.
