GRADING OF HOMEWORK AND EXAM QUESTIONS

ASPECTS OF GRADING:  The goal of the course is to develop the ability to both  understand and write proofs, to and come up with simple proofs. For this reason, the emphasize in grading will be not only on correctness of the argument, but also on the appropriate writing and style in presenting proofs.

(A)  If the question consists of a problem to be solved,  the maximum  number of points  will be 5, and there are the following options.

(A1)
The problem has no subproblems, but on its own it is worth 5 points. In this case the points will be assigned according to the following rule:
5 - problem completely solved and the writing and style is appropriate.
4 - there are minor inaccuracies
3 - problem half-solved and/or significant inaccuracies in writing and style.
2 - "good start" but there are major inaccuracies both in correctness of the argument (i.e. the solution is not actually there) and writing/style.
1 - there are some comments to the point, but there is no actual structure that would lead to an argument and/or writing and style are poor.
0 - nothing in the attempted solution is to the point and/or the text is illegible. 

(A2) There are subproblems worth 3 or 2 points or 1 point.  In this case  each subproblem will be graded separately as follows:
3 point problem:
3 - completely solved and appropriate writing and style.
2 - half or more than half solved and/or minor deficiencies in writing and style.
1- less than half solved, but there are some portions to the point. Major deficiencies in writing and style.
0- nothing in the attempted solution is to the point and/or poor writing and style.
2 point problem:
2 - completely or mostly solved and almost appropriate writing and style.
1 - around one half solution and/or major deficiencies in writing and style.
0 - nothing or close to nothing in the attempted solution is to the point and/or poor writing and style.
1 point problem:
1 - more than half solved and reasonable writing and style
0 - half or less than half solved and major deficiencies in writing and style

With each problem it will be specified how many points it is worth or how many points each subproblem is worth.

(B)  If the questions consists of yes/no subquestions then each  subquestion is given
 1 point if the  answer is correct,
-0.5 points if the answer is incorrect, that is, you will lose 0.5 points for an incorrect answer, and
 0 points if there is no answer.
This should discourage people to make random choice.

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