The class is structured around collaborative learning. An advantage of this is that tests are not all individual and not the only basis for a grade. The other side of this is that you are both a teacher and a student within your group and you need to use all the class time actively. 0 to 10 Points Per Day Attendance, Participation in Activity, Group effectiveness and time on task. 0 to 5 Daily Quiz, graded homework, sample of daily work 0 to 5 Exams There will be about 4 exams and a Final Exam. You must be present for an exam, unless you have worked out a re-take with the instructor in advance. .
Every exam includes an individual component.
Most exams will include a collaborative component. Doing part of exam out of class as a group, and part individually in class. It is hoped that by taking the other exams with some collaboration, that your ability to perform well on exams will be improved. This is theory tested on the final exam, which is all individual effort. Your score on the final should be reasonably close to your test average.