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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That is how it works in most university level classes.  Homework is essential to do, but worth a small percentage of grades.  It makes sense to me, as tests actually measure a students ability.  On homework, you expect the student gets some help.[/quote]

Again, homework is not the only thing that falls under the prep/practice category. There is a good chunk of classwork (such as warm-ups) that also fall under this category.[/quote]
Grades are supposed to be a measure of student understanding of content. Why should practice and preparation, even done in class, be part of the 90% category? We are grading knowledge, not behavior. In this age of everyone get a trophy, the idea that classwork is only worth doing if it “earns points” has crept into student (and parent) thinking, and it is a real problem. Students shouldn’t need an extrinsic motivation (like points) to do what they need to do to learn.[/quote]

University-level courses grade based on participation, in addition to coursework, so I would challenge your claim that grades only reflect knowledge and not behavior. Are you just making things up?[/quote]

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