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Test 4 Results

Each question was worth up to 4 points, for a possible total of 32. The highest score in the class before extra credit was 28; the median was a B, which is very good, and nobody who took the test failed. The grade scale works out like this:

Grade starts at distribution
A+ 28
A 26 20%
A- 25
B+ 23
B 20 45%
B- 18
C+ 16
C 13 25%
C- 11
D+ 9
D 6 10%
D- 4
F under 4 0%

If you answered 8 questions, but failed to answer one from each chapter, I took a 2 point penalty off your grade. (If you didn’t answer all 8 questions, I did not)

If you want to discuss your performance, and how you can improve it next time, feel free to come by my office hours. If you want to dispute your grade, feel free to do so in writing.

Extra Credit Opportunity: SEK Symphony

Southeast Kansas Symphony Orchestra
FLYING WHITE
Sunday, April 22, 3:00 p.m.
McCray Recital Hall
$7 general admission, $5 children and seniors, free to PSU students

  • Mozart Concertone in C Major, K. 190 Featuring Dr. Paul Carlson, violin; Dr. Kexi Liu, violin
  • Pierrots Dance Song from The Dead City Featuring Mr. Patrick Howle, baritone
  • Flying White by Forrest Pierce (commissioned for this performance) Featuring Dr. Mary Kirkendoll, flute; Dr. Craig Fuchs, conductor
  • Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36

 

Extra Credit Opportunity: NASA lecture

Alan Glines, a retired NASA employee who worked in the control room of the Houston Space Center during the Apollo missions, will deliver a public lecture about recent Kepler Mission results at Pittsburg State University on Wednesday, April 11. Glines’ presentation, at 2 p.m. in 102 Yates Hall, is part of the 2012 Physics, Mathematics and Engineering Lecture Series. The list of planets orbiting distant stars is growing rapidly. These discoveries are the result of NASA’s Kepler Mission, a multi-year project that springs from mankind’s ongoing search for life among the stars.

Test 3 Results

Each question was worth up to 4 points, for a possible total of 32. The highest score in the class before extra credit, in both sections, was 25, and due to the lower top end, the median was a B-; the grade scale works out like this:

Grade starts at distribution
A+ 25
A 23.5 15%
A- 22.5
B+ 20.5
B 18.25 40%
B- 16.25
C+ 14.25
C 12 35%
C- 10
D+ 8
D 5.75 10%
D- 3.75
F under 3.75 1%

If you answered 8 questions, but failed to answer two from each chapter, I took a 2 point penalty off your grade. (If you didn’t answer all 8 questions, I did not)

If you want to discuss your performance, and how you can improve it next time, feel free to come by my office hours. If you want to dispute your grade, feel free to do so in writing.