FIAE Chapter 8 synthesis

As teachers it is likely that we will struggle with decision on how to grade attendance and participation and if we do what weight it should have. Some teachers have rigid attendance policies, and have varying amounts of emphasis. Grading participation is even more hazy and grading attendance tends to benefit a certain population of students. If you decide that class participation will be incorporated in a students' final grades then you should have some preconceived notion of what kind of participation you expect in students.