Written Assignment Instruction - Introductory Courses

Individual Homework Formatting Instructions

All homework must be submitted in ink, and double spaced.
Your name, class title and due date should appear in the top right hand corner of the first page.
Your assignment must be stapled together (not paperclipped, not crimped).
If your paper came from a spiral bound notebook, you must remove all the pokey out bits (the edges of the page should be straight and clean).
You must include a complete problem statement with each exercise.
You must write in complete sentences, with appropriate grammar, etc..

Homework submissions that don't meet these criteria will result in deductions from your grade or nonacceptance of the assignment.

You paper should look like:

Jane Smith

Dr. Williams (MATH 405)

Assignment #1

Section 7.1

12. <restatement of problem neatly written here.>

SPACE

15. <restatement of problem neatly written here.>

SPACE

etcetera

Grading Policy

On the individual homework, I want to give you some idea of how to interpret your performance on each graded exercise, separate from the collective score (which takes into account completion rate). These scores inform the score I assign to your individual homework, but don't dictate it; for example, I may choose to weight the graded problems differently when assessing the homework assignment as a whole, and the completion rate may be more or less important on some assignments. Each graded problem will be assessed on a 5 point scale: 5=entirely or nearly correct, 4=nearly correct but solution is poorly presented or contains a notable error, 3=mostly correct but a significant mathematical error, 2=significant progress in the right direction but multiple errors, 1=a genuine attempt at the problem, 0=little or no real attempt at the problem.