As a preservice music teacher, I don't plan on assigning homework to be graded aside from the once in a while practice assessment. What they teach us here at Montclair is that grading should be reflective of how much each assessment (i.e. quizzes, tests, homework, classroom participation etc.) should count as a percentage of the overall grade. Most teachers give HW %10-%25 of the total grade. An example of this system is like this:
HW %15
Quizzes %35
Tests %40
Participation %10
Total = %100
Make sure you ask the teacher for their grading policy and breakdown before you go in there, post it here (or email), and I'll tell you if its fair. If they don't have a breakdown, whereas everything is equal, call bull****, and by all means go in there guns blazing.
Last edited by ekempey; 12-03-08 at 08:37 PM.
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