Doing Your Homework:
o When starting each homework Section Assignment:
o Start each homework Section on a fresh sheet of paper
o Put your Name & Assignment numbers in the right top corner of first page
o Use 2 columns on each page for simpler assignments to save paper
o Use both front and back pages but leave a little space between exercises
o When you start a new group of exercises, Copy the line of Exercise Group Directions
o For each exercise in that group:
o Write exercise number and the original exercise (word problems: summarize in a few words)
o Write down intermediate work steps – most exercises will have them
o Write down all computations and your answer(s) clearly
o Leave an empty space between exercises
o Suggested: Every 5 exercises, see if you are on the right track (with right answers and eoo numbering)
o Check these 5 answers in the back of the textbook
o Correct any wrong answers (if you can ) by fixing the work steps
o If you don’t completely correct a exercise: Mark the Exercise Number with a big X
o Circle only the correct answers that have correct work steps.
o After working all the exercises that you can and checking the book answers, determine your Scores:
Score = 30
o Count the number of Correct exercises whose answers have been checked
Score = 33
o Your Score is the number of Totally Correct exercises. Examples:
o Write your Scores at the top of the first page of each assignment, left of your name
Unchecked Score = 28
o If you failed to check your answers in the book, write Unchecked Score= #
(I will reduce your score to 80% of your number)
o If more than one page was used for this section, Staple them together at top left
When it’s time to hand in one of the 12 Homework Packages:
o Staple (top left) the 2 to 6 Section Assignments together, in order
o Pass in to me for Grading (0 to 5 points) based on the percentage of total exercises done correctly
(5 pts for ≥90%, 4 pts for ≥70%, 3 pts for ≥50%, 2 pts for ≥30%, 1 pt for ≥10%,)
Mistakes with the first Homework Packages:
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Format wrong: Scores, Name & Assignment not in right corner of first page of each section
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The Score is missing from the 1st page of a section - no count of Correct exercises
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The Score is not accurate or in the right format
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Missing Exercise Group Directions (like “Write in Expanded Form”)
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Missing original exercises
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Not circling the correct answer when it’s not obvious
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EOO failure, got out of order and did some wrong exercises (this is ok occasionally; count them if correct)
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Incomplete H/W: whole section missing, or too many exercises missing
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Messy, disorganized or cramped work
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Did lots of exercises not assigned (did odd rather than eoo?) – don’t erase, just cross them off
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Failure to use the vertical approach for work, where appropriate
Practices that may be considered cheating (inflating your Score):
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Not checking answers in back of the book, without writing down
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Missing work steps, when they are appropriate
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Your Answer is right, but your work is wrong – checking your answers in the book is great, but never put
down the correct answer without also correcting your work
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Inaccurate Scores – when off by 3 or more from real numbers
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Not clearly identifying incorrect/missing answers (if you left them uncorrected):
Put a BIG X over the exercise number when it’s incorrect or missing an answer
Unchecked