AmyontheFarm Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 While reading the Saxon Math thread, I thought why not ask the group "How do you determine your student's grade for say Apologia's Physical Science text? I'd love to hear how you did this. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renaissance Mom Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I didn't use that text for high school, but have used Apologia bio, chem, and physics for high school. I weight grades for module tests, quarterly exams, and lab reports. Weighting percentages depend on goals for the year. Quarterly exams were weighted heavily in 11th grade but were weighted less in 9th grade. My thinking was to gradually increase the weight of exams covering more material working up to midterms and finals in the upper high school years. I also graded labs in 9th grade, but had shifted by 11th grade to only grading lab reports instead of the labs or the lab notebook. Dd will do a DE science in 12th grade, but I feel she now has the skills to handle whatever the prof sets as grading standards. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyontheFarm Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 Thanks that helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom22ns Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 We only used Apologia for Chemistry. I gave grades based on chapter test scores, no weighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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