RE: Multiple choice vs. essay

[H. Gelpi]

Nancy/Tipsters   Sorry too.   Sounds like I misunderstood your angle.  Everything that you/Beth would say, I think would be appropriate, if said in a straight-forward way as you described below.  It was the “Duh” part I was responding to in Beth’s email, and it seems like you were responding to the message itself – that we should communicate EXACTLY why there was a failure.    I might have been splitting hairs but it’s been comments like this (“duh,” and “what would your think would happen if…?”) that have been getting some instructors in trouble lately.  The kind of, overly relaxed, communication style that is so a part of our student’s (and ours’) speech these days.  It’s a catch-22, I think that we want to reach these people on their level, and that’s well-intentioned, but when we have to give negative feedback, many of us fail to switch to a more formal (translation: careful) style of communication and get in trouble.   Haydee Gelpi Project Officer DHHS/FOH Florida (954) 776-6500   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 12:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Multiple choice vs. essay   Hello, I didn't pick up the sarcasm angle and did not intend to convey that one should be sarcastic. Perhaps I misinterpreted Beth's comment.  In said hypothetical situation, the student comes to office hours or emails or telephones and says "you gave me an F, why?"  And I would merely list the reasons why - you failed the final, you didn't turn in the research project, you did not come to class enough. I think I misinterpreted. I thought Beth was indicating that she would somehow tiptoe around the facts.  In retrospect, that's pretty silly on my part, but since I am doing about 3 things at once this morning, I guess I wasn't reading carefully enough. Sorry. Nancy Melucci ELAC