Paul Brandon wrote:
How large must a class be to justify the assumption of normality?
100?
1000?
I asked that in grad school and I got two answers from two professors,
500 and 1000.
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From: Paul Brandon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences"
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 10:37:03 -0500
>At 8:24 AM -0600 9/21/05, Martin Bourgeois wrote:
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>>I think I disagree. Student knowledge is certain
At 8:24 AM -0600 9/21/05, Martin Bourgeois wrote:
I think I disagree. Student knowledge is certainly multiply
determined; individual diff's in motivation, ability, mood, time
spent studying, etc. all would contribute. Good or bad intructors
and easy or difficult assessment strategies may push
expect a large class to tend toward normality, whether the mean grade was an B- or a D+.
Marty Bourgeois
Uniersity of Wyoming
From: Michael Scoles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Wed 9/21/2005 7:40 AMTo: Teaching in the Psychological SciencesSubject: RE: Say it now or wait?
Good question. Th
would still
expect a large class to tend toward normality, whether the mean grade was
an B- or a D+.
Marty Bourgeois
Uniersity of Wyoming
From: Michael Scoles
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Wed 9/21/2005 7:40 AMTo:
Teaching in the Psychological SciencesSubject: RE: Say it now or
wait?
Good question. There is little reason to expect that the central limit theorem will apply to tests and other assessments of student knowledge. I prefer to stick with percentile ranks and clear breaks/gaps in score distributions. It tells me more about who knows the material and who does not th
What is the purpose of dropping the lowest test grade? It seems to lose any
purpose if the students don't know about it. For instance, if it is to
compensate for missed exams, the student would need to know you're dropping the
zero grade, else they'll hound you for a make-up. If dropping the lo
What's a "normal distribution" of grades?
Make it a good day.
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Valdosta State University
Valdosta, Georgia 31698
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From: Paul Brandon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 11:27 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: Re: Say it now or wait?
At 2:16 PM -0400 9/20/05, michael sylvester wrote:
I have plans to drop the lowest score of students for one of my
classes.But I do
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From: Paul Brandon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 11:27 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: Re: Say it now or wait?
At 2:16 PM -0400 9/20/05, michael sylvester wrote:
Hey, Michael --
If you aren't going to tell them until the end, why tell them at all? I
guess I'm not sure what purpose it serves if they don't know about it.
It seems that it's only going to raise grades (and it will raise them a
lot), but not really do anything for the students while the class
At 2:16 PM -0400 9/20/05, michael sylvester wrote:
I have plans to drop the lowest score of students for one of my
classes.But I do no want to tell them now.I will wait till
after the last exam to tell them.
Comments unvited.
I hope that you have a good lawyer.
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