Defense of

Learning
Why I deserve a B in Biology
Brian Alvarez
My grade calculation
Biology Knowledge and
Thinking Grade
80% x 0.50 = 40%
Agency 40% x 0.15 = 6%
Collaboration 93% x 0.15 = 13.95%
Written Communication 13% x 0.1 = 1.3%
Oral Communication 93% x 0.1 = 9.3%
TOTAL: 964.25
Agency: Example
If my Ibook grade was my agency grade it
would be an F because I havent done most
of my work. That would not be a good
reflection on my grade? I would agree with
this grade because I haven't done my work
and that what I deserve.

Agency: Work Set
Bookwork assignments #1-10
defining Vocabulary
studying vocabulary for quizzes
Bioassay: Daphnia data collection
Concept Maps
Guided notes

Agency: Conduct
I used my class time to reflect on my ageny
by trying my best not to get distracted.
I was defenently distracted easily in class.
I wasnt really organized with all of my
matterials but I was organized with some.
Agency: Grade
The percent grade I deserve for Agency is:
70%
The letter grade I deserve is: C
Biology Knowledge and Thinking:
Example
Biology knowledge and Thinking:
Work Set
STDs in Sacramento products
Lab: Disease Transmission
Disease Event products
Lab: DNA extraction
Lab: Osmosis
SPLASH project about watershed

Biology Knowledge and Thinking:
Grade
The percent grade I deserve for Biology
Knowledge and Thinking is 80%
The letter grade I deserve is B
Collaboration: Grade
My teammates and I gave me an overall
collaboration grade of 93%

All the individual scores are:
91%, 74%, 86%,
Collaboration: Comments
Some comments my teammates wrote about
me are:
Written Communication:
Example



Written Communication:
Work Set
Journals
Lab write-ups, especially the labs where your wrote the
directions and also all conclusion paragraphs
Disease Presentation products
SPLASH written parts
portfolio reflections
Written Communication:
Grade
The percent grade I deserve for Written
Communication is 70%
The letter grade I deserve is C
Oral Communication:
Example
I think that the Alzheimer's project
was my best Oral communication
because I had to explain a lot of
explaining to the audience.
Oral Communication:
Work Set
STDs in Sacramento
Disease Event
all prototyping presentations, in general
Oral Communication:
Grade
The percent grade I deserve for Oral
Communication is 100%
The letter grade I deserve is A
Overall Grade: Summary
I think that I deserve a B in biology because I
tried my hardest even when I couldnt
understand the things that we were suppose
to do and sometimes I wasnt really
organized but most of the time I was. So this
is why I think I deserve a B in biology.
What could I, the learner,
do better?
Be organized, not get easily distracted in class
or at any moment that we are doing
something that is important, and also do all of
my work all of the time.
What do you need from
your facilitator?
I dont really need anything from my facilitator
all I want her to do is explain more of the
projects and things that we are going to do in
a better way or in a more simple way that I
will understand. Such as a one on one talk or
a workshop.