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This chart describes how your class participation grade will be determined. All students are expected to participate in class daily. Attendance will not be graded directly, but you can't participate if you're not here, so frequent absences (more than 2-3 classes, especially without a reasonable excuse) will tend to lower your score. ***Each category below carries about equal weight; you will receive one overall score (out of 100 for the course) for all aspects of your participation. ***Sometimes, students are uncomfortable participating in class due to shyness and/or a reflective learning style that makes immediate and/or public responses particularly difficult for them. If this is you, please visit my office or email me, and we can agree on alternative ways to earn participation points by demonstrating your engagement in the course material. These could include meeting with me one-on-one and/or writing short reflective paragraphs on what the class has been learning/discussing.