# Paperwork

Paperwork
- Tests and Quizzes
  - Y1
    - Y1 Exam
- Grade calculations
  - Grade boundaries
  - Effort Grades

# Tests and Quizzes

# Y1

gantt axisformat %b-%d title Assessments dateFormat YYYY-MM-DD section Tests Test 1: done, 2018-12-05, 2d Test 2: done, 2019-02-27, 2d Test 3: done, 2019-04-09, 1d Y1 exam: 2019-05-14, 1d section Quizzes section Reports

# Y1 Exam

# Info

When? 3 May (Fri) afternoon session
How?
- 1 hour of Paper 1. This consists of 40 multiple choice questions. Answer on the bubble sheet. No calculators or Data Booklets are permitted, but a Periodic Table is supplied at the end of the questions. You can tear off this periodic table for reference.
- 1 hour of Paper 2. This consists of 40 points of short answers. Data Booklets are provided, and calculators are permitted.
What? See "topics" section below for a listing of what content is included. Use the Filter and Sort functions to identify what is in HL/core syllabus. Questions from previous tests reappears in both papers. Please do not make the same mistakes again.
How do I do well?
- If you have been doing 3.5 hr / wk of practice every week, and Anki decks for maintenance, then in this week just do some of the past Y1 exams (printed for you). Review your past mistakes in previous tests.
- If you have had some weeks on, some weeks off, and irregular Anki decks, then in this order (as time allows):
  1. Practice with end-of-textbook questions,
  2. Review your previous tests,
  3. Practice with past papers by topics,
  4. Practice with past tests (printed)

# Topics

# Grade calculations

Term grades calculations are tabulated as follows:

	Test	Quizzes	Labs
Term 1	80%	20%	-
Term 2	60%	20%	20%
Term 3	80%	20%	-

Composed grades are formed from term grades and exams:

	Term 1	Term 2	Y1 exam	Term 3	Trials	IA
Year 1	20%	60%	20%	-	-	-
PG (Nov)	15%	25%	30%	30%	-	-
PG (Nov)^*	0%	30%	30%	40%	-	-
Term 4	-	-	-	-	80%	20%

Predicted grades admit the following exceptions:

language / background disadvantage. Students who had significant language/academic background deficiency will have their Term 1 grade omitted.^[1]
IA. IAs that are likely to be significantly better / worse than current performance gets a modifier. This is usually < ±5%.

Once a term I email each of you a graph with all assessments plotted as a time-series. This is to help you help me make sure my numbers are legit, and for you to get a sense of your progression.

# Grade boundaries

Our internal grade boundaries are based on the IB chemistry grade boundaries. The distribution is as follows:

%	Grade
80+	7
70-79	6
60-69	5
49-59	4
35-48	3
19-34	2

# Effort Grades

Each term you are also given an Effort Grade. For me, Effort Grade defaults to a D. This is then modified up by evidence of practice / maintenance. As a general rule of thumb,

EG	Practice (hr/wk)	Maintenance (min)
`A`	3.5	10; 5 d/wk
`B`	2	10; 2 d/wk
`C`	1	10; 1 d/wk
`D`	cram before quizzes / tests	n/a

I periodically sample the Big Chart for evidence. If you practice in other ways you need to show me evidence for them. I do not take intentions as substitute for actions.

The science department has a set of descriptors posted on the wall. These include attendance and attitude. For me some are expectataions, and others are quite subjective. These factor in the consideration in a minor way.

In practice I just calculate both variants for each student, and take the better one. Too-clever kids believe they can game the system and waltz throughout Term 1. Their poor preparations will dig them into a hole. ↩︎

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