{"id":5935,"date":"2014-06-12T10:33:52","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T17:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/sandbox\/?page_id=5935"},"modified":"2023-12-18T10:43:51","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T18:43:51","slug":"expectations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-lab-ref-manual\/policies\/expectations\/","title":{"rendered":"Instructor Expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chemistry 201 course grades include a <strong>20% contribution<\/strong> from the lab portion of the course. In addition to this calculation, because Chemistry 201 is a lecture-lab course, we maintain this basic requirement for earning a passing grade in the course: passing grades will be reserved for students who demonstrate satisfactory participation in the lab over the course of the semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>making a satisfactory <em>effort<\/em> to follow instructions and complete assigned work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>keeping a complete and detailed lab <em>notebook<a href=\"#star\"><strong>*<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>turning in appropriately detailed lab reports for <em>all<\/em> experiments<a href=\"#star\"><strong>*<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Students who consistently demonstrate satisfactory participation in all three areas will earn <em>at least 80%<\/em> of the contribution (25%) that lab makes to their overall grade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us reassure you on one point &#8230; satisfactory <em>participation<\/em> does not mean that you will, or must, obtain a satisfactory outcome for every experiment. An experiment is, by its very nature, an event with an uncertain outcome. You will not be penalized for routine lab mistakes \u2014 one frequently learns more from a mistake that has been understood fully than from something done correctly, but inattentively \u2014 and you will not be penalized for instructor mistakes or misdirection. What we expect of you is this: that you will <em>follow instructions<\/em> as best you can,&nbsp;<em>come<\/em> to lab prepared, and&nbsp;<em>pay attention<\/em> to what is going on in your apparatus and around you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"star\"><\/a>*Instructions for <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-lab-ref-manual\/appendices\/how-to-keep-a-laboratory-notebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>keeping a lab notebook<\/strong> <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-lab-ref-manual\/appendices\/how-to-write-lab-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>writing lab reports<\/strong><\/a> are provided in the lab manual&#8217;s appendices. Additional ideas on these topics can be found in the recommended lab text, <strong>&#8220;Making the Connections&#8221;<\/strong> by <strong>Padias<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continue to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-lab-ref-manual\/policies\/preparing-for-lab\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-lab-ref-manual\/policies\/preparing-for-lab\/\">Policies: Preparing for lab&#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chemistry 201 course grades include a 20% contribution from the lab portion of the course. In addition to this calculation, because Chemistry 201 is a lecture-lab course, we maintain this basic requirement for earning a passing grade in the course: passing grades will be reserved for students who demonstrate satisfactory participation in the lab over &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-lab-ref-manual\/policies\/expectations\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Instructor Expectations&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":5908,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-child.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5935","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-lab-ref-manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-lab-ref-manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-lab-ref-manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-lab-ref-manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-lab-ref-manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5935"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-lab-ref-manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10054,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-lab-ref-manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5935\/revisions\/10054"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-lab-ref-manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry201-202-lab-ref-manual\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}