Iteration and How Knowing by the End Can Make More Points at the Beginning

This is a college freshman history project set up to help you build skills for your future. The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines iteration as a procedure in which repetition of a sequence of operations yields results successively closer to a desired result.” You use similar skills and related content 3 different times. Three of your prior grades can change if you change:

·         A 1.11 instead of 20 points for your Cheatsheet for creating footnotes on the 1st Part. (You must change on the 2nd Part or on the 3rd Part)

·         A 1.11 instead of 30 points for the Good Habits for Evidence on the 1st Part (You must change on the 3rd Part.)

·         A 1.11 instead of 70 on the Grading Checklist on the 2nd Part. (The Grading Checklist includes footnotes but it also shows you what you do from the top of your first page—like your name—to the margins and line spacing. You must continue to follow the Grading Checklist with the 3rd Part or start to follow it with the 3rd Part.)

3 Goals for the 3-Part Writing

1st Part (In Class) and Your Cheatsheet (30 Content, 30 Good Habits for Evidence, 20 for your Cheatsheet)

2nd Part in print and in Turnitin (70 for the Grading Checklist, 5 and 5 for Orange folder)

3rd Part in print and in Turnitin (30 Content, 30 Good Habits for Evidence, 5 and 5 for Orange folder)

Goal: Realize that for the rest of your life (if you want to get paid well) you must:

·         Follow directions even if they are new to you.

·         Ask if you have questions.

·         Complete before its due.

With the 1st Part, late is not an option.

 

With each Part, the instructor is willing to help anyone.

With the 2nd Part, late is not an option.

 

With each Part, if you did not succeed, ask your instructor before the next Part.

With the 3rd Part, late is not an option.

 

With the 3rd Part, instructor appointment for feedback before you submit the final version of your work.

Goal: Figure out facts using evidence and cite accurately

 

To do that, you must:

·         Realize that not all writing is the same -- History (or writing about anything real, including for a job) is about accurately:

·         Collecting evidence

·         Figuring it out.

On the 1st Part, if you succeed 30 out of 30 on its 5 Good Habits for Evidence and you get C (21+) to A (27+) grade on its Content.

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On the 1st Part, if you do not succeed, you get 1.11 out of 30 on its 5 Good Habits for Evidence and you get a D (20.9) or an F (17.9) grade on its Content. Tip: ask your instructor.

 

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On the 3rd Part, if you succeed 30 out of 30 on its 5 Good Habits for Evidence, you get C (21+) to A (27+) grade on its Content.

Also, if you did not succeed on the 1st Part, then now:

<1.11 on the 1st Part becomes 30.

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On the 3rd Part, if you do not succeed, you get 1.11 out of 30 on its 5 Good Habits for Evidence and you get a D (20.9) or an F (17.9) grade on its Content.

Goal: Essentials of Revealing Evidence

Where footnotes must go

 

How to show evidence

·         Either handwritten footnotes on the in-class writing assignment

·         Or footnotes correctly created with Microsoft Word, or with software that your prof approves

On the 1st Part, if you succeed, then 20 out of 20 on your Cheatsheet.
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If you do not succeed, then 1.11 out of 20 on your Cheatsheet. Tip: ask your instructor.

If you succeed, then 70 out of 70 on the Grading Checklist. Also, if your footnotes were not correct on the 1st Part, then now: <1.11 on the 1st Part becomes 20.

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If you do not succeed, then 1.11 out of 70 on the Grading Checklist. Tip: ask your instructor.

If you change in the 3rd Part and start to follow the Grading Checklist, then now:

<1.11 on the 2nd Part becomes 70.

Also, if your footnotes are now correct, then now:

<1.11 on the 1st Part becomes 20.