The grade in Phys 1020 and Phys 1220 will be based upon the performance of the laboratory reports submitted. I strongly encourage students to work together on the laboratory reports. Learning can be much more efficient and fruitful when done in small groups. However, each student must write his or her own solution, without looking at another student s work .
Groups can talk through ideas, write down equations on scrap paper, etc.
However, when each group member thinks he or she understands how to solve the problem, that student must recreate the solution independently on the paper which is to be submitted for grading. Try it and you may be surprised by how often you think you understand, when actually you are missing part of the puzzle. Furthermore , reading another student s paper is not permitted . To obtain help from a student who has worked the problem, ask for an explanation. When done in this fashion no two papers will look the same.