Week 6 grades were assigned as following:
Normal work: 5 points
Extra effort in more changes and more advanced programming: 6points
Outstanding job in terms of sufficient complexity and attempt to fit the project: 7 points
As a result almost all got 5 points by doing small changes to the original code (or even simplifying it)
One person got 6 (for somewhat better than average effort), and nobody has 7.
This is a bit disappointing since the assignment was very simple but the possibilities are rich. As I said before, those who want an A-level grade should demonstrate an extra effort since the minimum passing requirements for many tasks are intentionally simplified allowing all to have some working code, but for the tasks requiring to make changes to the existing code or try to apply the idea of the Calendar – dependency might be taken much further. The more efforts you put into work – the better you will learn Java as well as mastery of using simple Java tools for complex results.
But since you are in the curve – I guess nobody suffers much from simple work… until some students will start putting more efforts into work, which (with the end of the semester approaching) they will.
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