MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 6 003 Signals and Systems Fall 2005 TA and Grader Information Friday September 9 2005 Summary of Expectations Each section will have one grader who can work up to 8 hours subject to change based on the registration per week grading all of the problem sets for that section For each assignment the head grader will send an email announcing which graders will grade which sections The graders are expected to return the graded problem sets by the day before the problems set are to be returned to the students which is indicated in Table 4 TAs should return the problem sets to students in their recitation sections one week after they have been submitted Full Staff Role Lecturer Course Secretary Course Director Webmaster Head Grader Name Prof Qing Hu Catherine M Bourgeois Stephen M Hou Kushan K Surana Tara N Sainath Email qhu cmbourg shou kushan tsainath Table 1 Administration staff list Sec 1 2 3 4 5 6 Instr Prof Joel Voldman Dr Karen Livescu Prof Russ Tedrake Stephen M Hou Instr Email voldman klivescu russt shou TA Saikat Guha Kevin P Boyle Kushan K Surana Chun Chieh Lin Table 2 Recitation Instructor and TA staff list Grader Anna A Dreyer Bo S Kim Vinith Misra Christopher E Perez Tara N Sainath Yong Yi Zhu Grader Email adreyer kaede11 vinith zerep06 tsainath yongyi Table 3 Grader staff list 1 TA Email saikat kboyle kushan ragnarok Email and Webpage The course webpage is at http web mit edu 6 003 www and the following email lists have been created for your use 6 003 ta mit edu TAs of 6 003 6 003 instr mit edu Instructors lecture and recitation of 6 003 6 003 staff mit edu Instructors and TAs of 6 003 6 003 grader mit edu Graders of 6 003 General Grading Information Problem sets will be available to students on the course web page on Thursdays for the first five problem sets and on Tuesdays for the rest Students need to turn in their problem sets in recitation unless a prior arrangement is made between a student and her his TA We will not accept late homework unless a student has a reasonable excuse and has made prior arrangements with his her TA or if it has been submitted in accordance to our extension policy see General Information handout for details Solutions to the problem sets will generally be available on the course web site one or two days after the assignment s due date However TAs will include the solutions in the papers they give to the graders on the evening of due dates Table 4 shows the dates surrounding each problem set including when they are collected and when they are to be returned Date Issued Problem Set 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R R R R R T T T T T T 9 08 9 15 9 22 9 29 10 06 10 25 11 01 11 08 11 22 11 29 12 06 Date Due from Students F 9 16 F 9 23 F 9 30 F 10 07 W 10 26 W 11 02 W 11 09 W 11 23 W 11 30 W 12 07 Not graded Date Returned to Students F 9 23 F 9 30 F 10 07 F 10 14 W 11 02 W 11 09 W 11 16 W 11 30 W 12 07 W 12 14 Table 4 Problem Set Dates Time Cards In order to get paid the graders need to have their time cards signed by a TA Graders can put his time card in the returning envelope with graded problem sets Graders should set up their time cards with Patsy Sampson patsys mit edu in EECS headquarters Please see Patsy to learn the procedure for turning in signed timecards 6 003 has been allocated a total of around 50 hours per week to be distributed among all the graders 2 Procedure for Exchanging Problem Sets The following is the procedure for exchanging problem sets between students TAs and graders 1 The head grader sends out an email a day or two before a problem set is due to all the TAs and graders assigning a grader to a section 2 Students turn in their problem sets by the end of the recitations in which homework is due 3 Each TA places each of his her section s problem sets into envelopes labelled with the section s number along with paper copies of the problem set and its solutions as well as the graders signed timecard from the previous week The TA also writes on the envelope the number of problem sets it contains 4 TAs give the envelopes to the person at the front desk outside 38 500 by 4 15pm of the due date The problem sets will be kept behind the desk in a basket labeled Problem Sets To Be Graded 5 Graders pick up the envelopes after 4 15pm If for some reason the envelopes are not there please contact the relevant TA 6 Each grader grades all the problem sets in his envelope This can be done any time anywhere dorm room lab in solitude in groups 7 Each grader alphabetizes the problem sets in his her section by surname 8 Each grader records the grades of his her problem sets in some private file somewhere paper or electronic and sends email reports to the staff 9 The graders should return the graded problem sets by 4 15pm on the day before they are to be returned to the students as indicated in Table 4 This will give the TAs time to record the grades and go over the graded problem sets When a grader finishes grading the problem sets please return them along with his her filled in unsigned time card for that week to the employee at the front desk who will then place the problem sets in a basket labeled Graded Problem Sets and the TAs will be able to pick up the graded problem sets for their sections Be sure that the problem sets are arranged in alphabetical order by surname 10 TAs pick up the envelopes and check that the correct number of problem sets are inside TAs sign the time cards and turn them into Patsy Sampson s office 38 409G 11 TAs return the graded problem sets to students in recitation 3 Grade 0 1 2 3 Description The student fails to turn in the homework The student turns in the homework but basically did nothing worthwhile The student turns in the homework but most of the problems are either not completed or incomprehensible The student completes most or all of the problems but has some obvious flaws in his her work The student completes all of the problems with possibly a few minor mathematical mistakes but overall the student shows a firm understanding of the material Table 5 Grading Criteria Grading Criteria All homework should be scored on a 5 point scale either 0 1 2 or 3 For those students …
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