[tips] Random Thought: What's Love Got To Do WIth It?

2016-09-14 Thread Louis Eugene Schmier
So, I get this message from a mid-western professor criticizing me as being an "impractical, emotional, dreamy eccentric." I don't think she meant that as a compliment. Nor was one of her other comments. She asked me one question. It was: "Really! What does love have to do with the

[tips] Raise your hand if you grade on a curve

2016-09-14 Thread Miguel Roig
Now consider changing your strategy: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/11/opinion/sunday/why-we-should-stop-grading-students-on-a-curve.html?_r=1 :) Miguel --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68d

Re: [tips] Raise your hand if you grade on a curve

2016-09-14 Thread Christopher Green
Or, you could just stop distracting everyone form the actual learning by not giving grades at all. But you have heard this rant from me before. Chris ….. Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 43.773895°, -79.503670° chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yo

Re: [tips] Raise your hand if you grade on a curve

2016-09-14 Thread Peterson, Douglas (USD)
I had very mixed reactions to the article. I don't grade on curve and never will. Yet my introductory psychology exam scores fit one pretty nicely and have over the past several years (after an adjustment based on item analysis - that isn't complex but also isn't my point). The end result is t