Re: [tips] Grade inflation: A comparison?

2009-12-22 Thread Gerald Peterson
ing in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 10:34:14 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [tips] Grade inflation: A comparison? I sort of like the idea except that there are so very many variables that go into each class's grades--which class it is (I

Re: [tips] Grade inflation: A comparison?

2009-12-21 Thread taylor
sor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 tay...@sandiego.edu Original message >Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:16:05 -0500 >From: Beth Benoit >Subject: [tips] Grade inflation: A comparison? >To: "Teaching in the Psychologic

[tips] Grade inflation: A comparison?

2009-12-21 Thread Beth Benoit
I've been wondering about the whole grade inflation idea, as have all of you, for years. In light of this, I'm curious how all of you grade, and thus if you might be *seen* to be guilty, based on the grades in your courses. We all know that some years you just seem to have a lot of bright, hard-w