Re: [tips] Question about Exam Scores

2007-11-13 Thread David Campbell
Regarding the question below, I generally subscribe to the claim that the more time a student spends in contact with the course material, the more the student will learn (and retain) from the experience. So using the end-of-semester time to review the whole course should result in greater reten

RE: [tips] Question about Exam Scores

2007-11-13 Thread Eastman, Mark
Hill, CA 94523 From: Penley, Julie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 11/13/2007 8:04 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Question about Exam Scores So many people have weighed in, both here and in PSYCTEACH, and I agree with the folks who do not curve

RE: [tips] Question about Exam Scores

2007-11-13 Thread FRANTZ, SUE
s in PsychologyAssociate DirectorProject Syllabushttp://teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/syllabi.php From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Mon 11/12/2007 3:29 PMTo: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)Subject: [tips] Question about Exam Scores Dear Colleagues:   I teach at

RE: [tips] Question about Exam Scores

2007-11-13 Thread taylor
, Julie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: [tips] Question about Exam Scores >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > >So many people have weighed in, both here and in PSYCTEACH, and I agree with >the folks who do not curve. Particularly in s

RE: [tips] Question about Exam Scores

2007-11-13 Thread Penley, Julie
3210 Department fax: (915) 831-2324 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon 11/12/2007 3:29 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Question about Exam Scores Dear Colleagues: I teach at the community college, and this semester my teachi

Re: [tips] Question about Exam Scores

2007-11-12 Thread David Campbell
Albert, What you decide to do with your "curve or don't curve" grading decision depends in part on what you have done in the past and what your colleagues are doing in similar courses. "Fair" grading requires some consistency in standards--from course to course and semester to semester. So

RE: [tips] Question about Exam Scores

2007-11-12 Thread beth benoit
ychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Question about Exam Scores I tell my class that they don't want a curve because then I would have to give most people (68%) a C. What I do is go through an item analysis of the test. If I find a question that seems to be excessively di

RE: [tips] Question about Exam Scores

2007-11-12 Thread Marc Carter
about." -- Margaret Wheatley -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 4:30 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Question about Exam Scores Dear Colleagues: I teach at the community college, and

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2007-11-12 Thread Shapiro, Susan J
ECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 5:30 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Question about Exam Scores Dear Colleagues: I teach at the community college, and this semester my tea

Re: [tips] Question about Exam Scores

2007-11-12 Thread Don Allen
Canada V5Y 2Z6 Phone: 604-323-5871 - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, November 12, 2007 2:30 pm Subject: [tips] Question about Exam Scores To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > Dear Colleagues: > > I teach at the community coll

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2007-11-12 Thread Shearon, Tim
: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Question about Exam Scores Dear Colleagues: I teach at the community college, and this semester my teaching load is four courses. Today, I administered the second exam in all of my courses and just scored each of them.

[tips] Question about Exam Scores

2007-11-12 Thread AlBRAMANTE
Dear Colleagues: I teach at the community college, and this semester my teaching load is four courses. Today, I administered the second exam in all of my courses and just scored each of them. The average for each class is as follows Class 1- N=27 70% average raw score Class 2- N=31 66% aver