Mathematica Portfolio Scoring Rubric

The Mathematica Portfolio is a record of the way you used Mathematica to enhance your knowledge of differential equations and of computer programming in general. You will add to your portfolio at each test, and revise the entire document as part of your final exam grade.

You may get help from any source, but I strongly recommend that you learn to use the Documentation Center available on the Help Menu of the program.

A
  • Complete explanation of the problem, variables, parameters, and initial conditions.
  • Clear, complete, and correct statement of answers.
  • Complete and correct support, with qualitative, quantitative, and analytic viewpoints.
  • Very effective pictures.
  • Presence of appropriate Mathematica commands beyond those provided.
  • Conjectures, expansions, discoveries beyond the initial problem.
  • Evidence that using Mathematica significantly deepened your understanding.
  • Document is well organized with attention to grammar and spelling.
B
  • Complete explanation of the problem, variables, parameters, and initial conditions.
  • Answers clear, complete, and mostly correct.
  • Support mostly complete, mostly correct, with all three viewpoints.
  • Helpful pictures.
  • Presence of appropriate Mathematica commands beyond those provided; or ...
  • ... conjectures, expansions, discoveries beyond the initial problem.
  • Evidence that using Mathematica somewhat deepened your understanding.
  • Document is fairly well organized with few errors in grammar and spelling.
C
  • Partial explanation of the problem, variables, parameters, and initial conditions.
  • Answers mostly complete, mostly correct, not clearly stated.
  • Support mostly complete, mostly correct, lacking some viewpoints.
  • Pictures lacking or inadequate.
  • No appropriate Mathematica commands beyond those provided; and ...
  • ... no conjectures, expansions, discoveries beyond the initial problem.
  • Little evidence that using Mathematica deepened your understanding.
  • Organization needs improvement, some errors in grammar and spelling.
D
  • Less than C work, but with some redeeming value.
F
  • No explanation of problem, variables, parameters, or initial conditions.
  • Answers contain significant errors or omissions.
  • Support inadequate.
  • Pictures lacking or inadequate.
  • No appropriate Mathematica commands beyond those provided; and ...
  • ... no conjectures, expansions, discoveries beyond the initial problem.
  • No evidence that using Mathematica deepened your understanding.
  • Organization needs significant improvement, many errors in grammar and spelling.


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