Learning Contract Option Foss 335B F11

Return to ENGL 335B, British Romantic Literature.

Each and every one of you may avail yourself of the opportunity to design your own individualized own learning contract. This contract will allow you to adjust the weighted percentages I have set, within a pre-set range, for a number of your assignments so that I can cater (at least to some extent) to your individual strengths and weaknesses in determining how successfully you have engaged with the course material.

For example, if you know you have a hard time speaking in class, you might lower the class participation percentage and increase that of one of the other categories. If you feel you are likely to do better on the second writing assignment (either because you tend to be much more invested in topics you have self-selected or just because it is second and you will have had much more detailed feedback from me on your writing at that point in the semester), you may increase your Canonball weight while decreasing your class summary percentage.

You do not need to fiddle with this option at all; if you do not submit an individualized learning contract to me, I automatically will assess your overall success in the course according to the official default weighting system. If, however, you wish to take advantage of this option, then you may submit both a hard copy of the official Learning Contract Form (see above) and a separate email confirmation of your individualized set of adjusted percentages.. '''The window of opportunity for submitting a learning contract is limited to Week Three, M Jan. 26 through F Jan. 30. Please be sure that your total adds up to 100%; if a contract is submitted without a total of the percentages adding up to 100%, you will be graded using the default scale instead.'''

The official learning contract option percentage ranges are as follows:


 * Quiz Grade: 10%
 * Class Participation: 20%
 * Class Meeting Summary paper: 20%
 * Canonball Project oral presentation: 05%
 * Canonball Project paper: 20%
 * Take-home Final Examination]: 25%

All contract percentages must be a multiple of 5. Regardless of how you might adjust the percentages, you still must complete both papers and the final examination in order to receive a passing grade for this course.