At 02:56 PM 2/9/2003, Herman Rubin wrote:
so, my interpretation of the above is that the concept of A ... is flawed, right? it's not fair to assume that some students work very hard ... achieve at a high level in a course ... and thus deserve an A for their accomplishments?If we had really good education, an "A" would usually be an indication that the student was placed in too low or too slow a course.
if that is the reasoning, then we might apply that to Fs ... saying that IF a student is given an F, it is because we let a student enter a course for which he/she is totally unprepared ...
in either case, it suggests that we as instructors and/or the institution ... are/is the problem ... not the students
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