Purpose: The graded activity is to help you think about and process the course materials in a way that promotes creative and critical thinking, as well as active learning. The activities are to ensure that you are getting maximum involvement with the course material. This document details the requirements for completion of the graded activities, a grading rubric, and an example.
A total of five (5) activities are required and represent approximately 20 to30 minutes of work. Excel must be used to produce this assignment. All WGA submitted as Word or PDF will receive an automatic grade of zero.
Attend class, ask questions, and make note of pertinent information; e.g. definitions/explanation of terms or concepts not already familiar with
Read assigned chapter, highlight challenging/difficult concepts that can be added to the study sheet
Consolidate the information gathered from attending class and reading the chapter and prepare the Excel study sheet
Excel must be used, construct the three columns
Add as many rows as necessary to broadly summarize assigned readings and lecture material (minimum of 5 rows)
Rows and columns should be left justified, not centered
Include the column headers provided in the template below
Ensure the headers are bold font
Font should be no larger than 12
Finished study sheet must be a minimum of one (1) page
The end product should result in a study sheet for quizzes, midterms, and the final exam.