Psylutions -- Dr. Snyder's Blog
Assignments
Assignments will be accessible via the links below:
Take this link for the KEYS (in pdf) used for grading assignments.
Take this link for some Sample Assignment Questions
Assignment Grading
Assignments are graded out of 10 points. Note that this does not mean that there are necessarily 10 individual issues that need to be addressed to receive full points. Below is a rather rough guideline of the outcome of grading on an assignment, with brief descriptors. Obviously, different assignments are asking different questions, requiring different responses, so keep in mind that this guideline should not be taken as a hard-and-fast scale for evaluation.
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0 points -- nothing written, assignment not turned in, no clue whatsoever as to the answer, or went off in completely the wrong direction with the answer
1-2 points -- there's a word or two in the answer that seems relevant, but there is no contextualization, argument, etc.
3-4 points -- some correct material; answer too scanty, incomplete, and/or significant issues not addressed
5-6 -- some, but not all of the issues addressed; a "competent" answer demonstrating a basic understanding of the question
7-8 -- a good, solid answer with most issues addressed and elaborated
9-10 -- an excellent answer, showing great insight into the question and a full understanding of the issues
Also, incorrect statements or interpretations will be penalized accordingly. For example, providing a perfect answer to a question, but then also including incorrect statements or arguments will not result in a grade of 10 for the assignment.
Finally, please remember that I can only grade what you actually give me; I can not guess what you meant to have said or what you thought but didn't write down.
Submitting Assignments
An assignment must be turned in to the instructor by the day it is due by 10:305 AM. For every day, including weekends and holidays, an assignment is late, starting at 10:36 AM on the day the assignment is due (and each day thereafter at 4:00 PM) an 10% will be deduction.
Please DO NOT put an assignment under the instructor's door! Late (or early) assignments may be submitted directly to the instructor, may be turned in to office staff at the Department of Psychology office (BSP-217, open Monday - Friday from 8:00-12:00 and 1:00-4:00), or may be thumbtacked to the bulletin board outside the instructors office (if the latter, any late penalties will be assessed based on when the instructor actually finds the assignment).
Assignments may be completed individually or in a group of two people. If an assignment is done as a group, both members of the group will receive the same grade. Organization of groups is entirely up to the students. Note that the instructor will not become involved in any way in arbitrating or mediating disputes, disagreements, or difficulties between group members. Consequently, if students wish to work on an assignment in a group, it is their responsibility to select their partner wisely. For students completing assignments on their own, they must work on the assignments on their own; failure to do so constitutes plagiarism.