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Grading & Expectations
Although your final grade for 12.000 will be a pass (P) or will not appear on your record at all (NR), you should know that your instructors for this subject will not judge your work as passing or failing. On the grade sgeet that you will receive
at the end of the semester you'll see an actual grade, but as stated before, it doesn't appear on your permanent record. The grade is an important message from your instructors to you, and it reflects how closely you met their (and your) expectations. ![]() In our second class, we will work together to identify several important components inherent in any effective strategy for dealing with the situation in New Orleans. The class will be divided into ten teams, each of which will be charged with proposing a solution to a component of the final solution. Each team will develop a proposal in the form of a Team Web Site. This work - which is best considered the "research phase" of 12.000 - is expected to to be complete by November 2nd. Subsequently, the class will discuss the various proposals and decide on the basic structure of a final design by November 6. Each team will be assigned one or two undergraduate teaching fellows (UTF's) and one or more Alumni Mentors to serve as information resources. The UTF's, most of whom are veterans of 12.000, can give you tips on how best to work toward a successful conclusion. The Alumni Mentors can provide more general suggestions as to how they tackle complex problems like those posed in Mission 2010. An important aspect of 12.000 is its emphasis on teamwork. Consequently, 70 percent of your grade depends on the performance of your team and the class as a whole, whereas the remaining 30 percent comes from your individual performance. Major Assignments: The challenges presented to the class on the home page will be fulfilled when two assignments are completed. ![]() Second, the class will make a final, one-hour, oral presentation of its solution on December xx, 2006. This presentation will be open to the ventire MIT community and will be broadcast over the Internet. In addition, a panel of experts will be invited to attend the presentation and to critique them in open forum. Because it would be logistically difficult for everyone to speak during the presentation, staff recommends that each team elect one member to join a "presentation committee" that will choreograph a present the final broadcast. The committee member should not bear sole responsibility for the work involvedin developing the presentation: pull your weight! Individual Grade Component Thirty percent of your grade reflects how well you, as an individual, met the expectations of the teaching staff over the course of the semester. They expect that you will:
Team Grade Component ![]() Class Grade Component The panel of experts attending the final presentation will provide a candid and confidential assessment of the web site and the presentation. Taking the comments of the panelists into consideration, the faculty will assign the class grade. Final Grade Each student's grade will be computed as the weighted mean of the class grade component (40%), the team grade component (30%), and the individual grade component (30%). |
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