Just a quickie regarding consideration of curves: I don't like them and never
ever use them. Curves pit students against each other. I believe that I, as a
professional, can set a standard of knowledge for my students. Students have to
meet it. Everyone can get an A -- or an F.
Curves set up a
Hi,
Very good question!
I agree with the previous comments about challenging the Y students more. You
are not then lowering any standards, rather raising them where it seems
appropriate to do so. If you give a very challenging midterm one-third of the
way through the course the students will r
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To clarify for Marie and others: My department head at Y wants a more evenly
distributed assortment of grades.
I am at risk of not being re
Hi Nancy and others,
Thank you for bringing up this important issue.
I think the key point being made by the department chair is students
need to be graded in their particular school relative to other students at
that school. Grades are then used to determine class rank. For a
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Hi Nancy
Could you clarify one thing for me. What is the conflict exactly - that you
don't have the same standards at two very d
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Hi Nancy
Could you clarify one thing for me. What is the conflict exactly – that you
don’t have the same standards at two very different schools? It seems to me
that it would be
Nancy et al.
I work at a fairly selective school. Many of us previously worked at
less selective schools. The culture here requires that we have more
demanding assessments than we had when we worked at less selective
schools. One new professor in another department gave his introductory
class t
Hi Nancy
Could you clarify one thing for me. What is the conflict exactly - that you
don't have the same standards at two very different schools? It seems to me
that it would be nearly impossible (and in fact undesirable) to have the same
standards at schools where the students differ so much (
