The grading strategy of this instructor is as follows. When the various components of the overall course grade are aggregated at the end of the semester, course grades will be assigned as a weighted combination of the separate grades awarded during the semester. When a whole letter grade is not appropriate, intermediate grades may be awarded for the course to those who are not definitively worthy of a whole grade. It may be instructive to review my perceptions of the performance levels necessary for you to earn each of the whole grades. Only a small number of students typically perform at this level on a constant basis.
Most students tend to fall in the intermediate grade ranges.
When the separate grades for all the course assignments are aggregated into a course grade, each will be weighted as listed above, and the overall average will be awarded to the student. It was described as one in which students agree to behave reasonably well in the classroom, to give reasonable teacher evaluations, and to comply with reasonable course assignments by the teacher if the teacher sticks to the text in lectures, keeps the homework simple and straightforward, and writes tests that stick to the material covered in class. This is the model that students have experienced from kindergarten on. He commented that it works adequately in those situations where the primary purpose of the teaching effort is to transfer knowledge and facts between teacher and students. It is successful for transmitting information bits.