In a class of this length, few things are more deadly than listening to an instructor drone on non-stop the whole time. For this reason, class participation is vitally important. I am anxious to get your reactions and your insights, and I will be relying on you to carry much of the class. The quantity and quality of your paricipation will count heavily toward your final grade in the course. Regularly volunteers information.
Contributions are original and thought-provoking.
Goes beyond classroom material to include information from other reading and study, or from personal experience. Regularly volunteers information, or responds readily when called upon with appropriate answers. Contributions show some ability to analyze and synthesize, and often include information from outside sources. May be more a synthesizer of given information than an original thinker. May have missed one class.