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At the beginning of each 10 week marking period, announce that
each student presently has a 100 homework grade. It is the responsibility of the
student to maintain this grade.
Each homework assignment is checked for effort on the following
scale:
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- all problems attempted ---- record a check for completion
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- problems partially completed --- record a "p" for partially complete. (determine
your own range for partial credit.)
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- not attempted --- record a zero
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Allow a "grace" day on all assignments. A student can
finish an assignment that was incomplete or prepare an assignment that received zero
credit. There are two stipulations on use of the "grace" day:
- the "made up" assignment must be thoroughly complete and the student is
responsible for showing it to the teacher at the next class meeting.
The teacher will not ask for make
up work. If thoroughly prepared, a check mark will be recorded.
- if a student uses the "grace" day privilege on consecutive days or "too
often", the teacher retains the right to remove the privilege for a designated amount of time
(which is usually determined by units of study).
The homework grade is determined by the following procedure:
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- all check marks --- student receives his/her 100
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- for any "p"s not removed from the grade book --- deduct 5 points
(for each P) from the 100
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- for any "0"s not removed from my book --- deduct 10 points
(for each 0) from the 100
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Stop at 0 credit (nothing is to be gained
by giving a negative score). It is seldom
necessary to give zero credit.
Students feel that this system is fair. Should an emergency, special occasion,
sick day, or any other crisis arise in their lives, they may invoke the "grace day" option.
While no system will guarantee that 100% of your students will complete homework
assignments, this system encourages more students to participate.
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