Evaluation & Assignments

Evaluation

Philosophy of Evaluation

Assignments will graduate from CAPA-style assignments in the beginning to written problem-solving assignments as the course progresses. While most assignments will test problem-solving ability, I also attempt to have a couple of writing assignments that will give students an opportunity to relate course material to problems in the wider world.

Quizzes (15 minutes) will follow each assignment, and will test the student's conceptual grasp of the assignment.

Term test & final exams will attempt to test both problem solving skills and conceptual grasp.

The structure of the laboratories is both an opportunity and a challenge: the experiments are very closely linked to the concepts learned in class, but you will often see the experiments before you see the material in class. Pedagogically, this is not a problem, because some students even learn better this way. But it does require preparation and some reading before labs.

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