Astronomy 102, Fall, 2006

Homework & Exams

Exams

Review exams can be found on the "Review Problems" section of the Handouts page.

Final Exam

[Final Exam Grades]

As with all tests, the final was graded on an absolute scale according to the grading standards described in the Syllabus. For this test, mapping of points to percentage score was as follows:

PointsScoreGrade
00 F
115 F
230 F
345 F
460 D-
565 D
668 D+
771 C-
873 C-
975 C
1077 C+
1179 C+
1281 B-
1383 B-
1485 B
1586 B
1687 B+
1789 B+
1891 A-
1994 A
2097 A
21100A

Exam 4 (2006/11/29)

Exam 4Equation SheetSolutions

[Exam 4 Grade Histogram]

Exam 3 (2006/10/30)

Exam 3Equation SheetSolutions

[Exam 3 Grade Histogram]

Exam 3 was graded in exactly the same manner as Exams 1 and 2, as described below.




Exam 2 (2006/09/06)

Exam 2Solutions

[Exam 2 Grade Histogram]

Exam 2 was graded in exactly the same manner as Exam 1, described below.




Exam 1 (2006/09/11)

Exam 1Solutions

[Grade Histogram]

Each problem was graded according to the 3-point scale described in the course syllabus. 3=fully correct, 2=mostly correct, 1=partially (at least about 50%) correct, 0=less than half correct. The points were summed, and grades were assigned according to this table:

Score% Grade
0 0 F
1 40 F
2 60 D-
3 65 D
4 72 C-
5 75 C
6 78 C+
7 82 B-
8 85 B
9 88 B+
1092 A-
1195 A
12100A



Online Homework Assignments

To answer online homework assignments, go to this page. Your username and password should have been mailed to you. If you are having trouble with your username and password, please e-mail Prof. Knop.



Last modified: 2006-12-17, by Robert Knop

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