participation grade
Credit for speaking
A participation grade is a component of academic assessment based on a student's engagement in class rather than test scores or assignments.
Teachers use it to reward speaking up in discussions, asking questions, or simply showing up prepared.
The concept is controversial—critics argue it favors extroverts and penalizes shy students: Half my grade is participation, which terrifies me.
- attendanceRecord of who's present
- daily attendanceConsistent day-by-day participation
- showing upArriving at a place
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- effortApplied energy toward goals
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- gradesA, A+, B, C, D
- Campus Rulesacademic integrity, attendance, plagiarism, academic probation, cheating
- teststest, tests, exam, exams, quiz
- school reportsreport card, progress report, transcript, GPA, test scores
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Exam performance measure
final exam · standardized test · written exam · midterm · paper grade
participation gradenon-participation
Choosing to stay uninvolved
absence · nonparticipation · disengagement · silence · absenteeism
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