What percentage of the total points do you count as
participation and attendance. I had many absenses last semester
and I want to be more strict about it. Thanks!

On 1/05/09, bernoulli wrote:
> On 1/05/09, TennEducDoc wrote:
>> How do you feel about providing notes (in advance) for
>> class that are from your Powerpoints prepared for the class
>> lecture? I post mine in pdf form on our D2L webpage.
>> Several of us were discussing how it discourages
>> note-taking during the lecture. I feel that it frees the
>> student to participate in the class discussion without
>> having their heads down in the notebooks and laptops. There
>> will always be points that are not in the Ppts notes that
>> need to be notated. There are some profs who will not allow
>> any use or downloading of Ppts by their students. There is
>> also the point of "Why come to class if you can download
>> his notes?" Aside from an absence policy, I have a
>> "participation" grade to cover that. That is purely
>> subjective, I suppose, but it provides me with the power to
>> encourage attendance and participation.
>
> I provide PowerPoints with room for notetaking. I don't have
> notes on my PowerPoints to give if I wanted to. For
> undergraduate students I don't make them available in advance.
> I usually hand out copies and post the ppt file on Blackboard
> afterward for reference.
>
> I also give points for attendance and/or participation. When I
> don't do that my absentee rate doubles.
>
>

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