General Grading Policy
Late assignment policy
10 Pts will be taken
off for each delayed day
Spaghetti
Water tower project– 5%
Spaghetti Water tower project:
Introduction
of yourself-2%
Tower Memo-3%
Bridge
Design – 40%
Design and testing
Bridge Ideas Memo-3%
Components test Memo-3%
Prototype bridge performance Memo-5%
Teammate evaluation-5%
Project report
Bridge Final Presentation-6%
Bridge Final Report-8%
Competition-10%
Basic
Electrical Wiring – 15%
Individual & group Assignments-5%
Project report
Final Report-10%
Robot
Project – 40%
Design and programming
Programming assignment-10%
Pathfinder construction-10%
Project report
Final report-15%
Competition-5%
General Memo Grading Policy
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Format: 5pts
o
Heading (as in an email)
To:
From:
Subject:
Date:
·
Content: 20pts
o
Exhibits comprehension of subject
o
Utilizes tables or graphs if appropriate.
o
Tables and Graphs labeled correctly and show useful
data.
o
Concise presentation of information.
o
Introduction (problem, etc)
o
Approach
o
Design
o
Discussion
·
Mechanics (Grammar & spelling) 5pts
Individual Assignments:
Uses
memo format.
Group Assignments/Proposals:
Uses
memo format, but is a group submission.
Group Presentations:
Oral, Power point, Poster.
Group Reports:
Make
sure to explain purposes of appendix
Bridge Memo Grading Policy
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Evaluation Criteria |
Score |
Pts |
Details |
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Formatting |
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5 |
Correct header of the memo? Title of the figure/table? Layout of the text? Correct numbering of the figure/table/section? |
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Introduction |
|
3 |
Includes memo purpose, contents of the
memo, and transition sentence? |
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Results |
|
13 |
Bridge weight/test result included? Explanation on how the bridge failed? Possible reasoning for the bridge failure? Possible solution to fix the failure? Is the solution convincing? (Need reasoning.) |
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Conclusion |
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4 |
Includes no new information but only
summary of findings? |
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Writing Style |
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5 |
Including graphs for better understanding? Is the memo carefully proofread (minimal errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc.)? Is the writing concise and tone formal? Text arranged in suitable sections? Is the format correct and professional? Are the tables and figures labeled
correctly and referred to by name in the text? |
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Total |
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30 |
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COMPLETE (Is any information missing - see assignment sheet for section guidelines?)
CORRECT (Do the findings and statements logically make sense?)
CLEAR (Are the ideas fully developed? Do pictures placed effectively explain text?)
Bridge Report Grading Policy
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Format |
Points |
10 |
|
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Front pages |
# in Roman(I,ii,iii,…) |
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Cover page |
1. no #. 2. name of report, team name, names of members, affiliation, date. 3. all Centered. |
1 |
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Table of contents |
A list of major sections w/ page #. |
1 |
|
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List of figures |
A list of figures w/ page #. |
1 |
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List of tables |
A list of tables w/ page #. Not needed if less than 3 tables. |
1 |
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Major sections |
1. # in Arabic(1,2,3,…) 2. Header for each section? - Executive summary - 1.0 introduction - 2.0 prototype testing 2.1 Component testing 2.2 Prototype analysis 2.3 Prototype performance - 3.0 final design 3.1 Revisions and final design construction 3.2 final design performance - 4.0 conclusions & recommendations |
4 |
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End pages |
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References |
|
1 |
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Appendix |
Looking for individual contribution on the report. |
1 |
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Writing styles |
Points |
10 |
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1. spelling error, grammar errors 2. consistency of figure, tables 3. labeling for figures, tables 4. Titles for figures, tables 5. Transitions words used between sections? 6. Adequate figures/tables for explanation? |
1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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3 |
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3 |
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Contents |
Points |
30 |
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Executive summary |
Show major ideas & findings of this report w/o reading the whole report? |
5 |
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Introduction |
Layout the project & requirement? (Prob definitions, constraints, goals, info to be included in this report.) |
4 |
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Prototype testing |
1. Process of the prototype. 2. Results of the component test 3. Design & Reasoning for prototype 4. Prototype performance 5. Accuracy of the statements |
8 |
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Final design |
1. Reasoning of changing your design. 2. Result of the final bridge 3. Accuracy of the statements |
7 |
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Conclusions/ recommendations |
1. Major results/ findings from prototype & final testing. 2. Recommendations for improving final design. 3. Accuracy of the statements. |
6 |
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Final grade |
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50 |
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