Hi Karl- None of these factors would change my response. I guess it depends on how you see your role; either as an arbiter (assigning grades) or as a guide/mentor. If the former then there is no need to pre-read papers. If the latter then working with the students to help them improve their work can be a valuable experience. If the latter approach is too time consuming then you have the option of altering the assignments so that the interactions with the students become more manageable. I don't have any data that would suggest that one approach is superior to the other, but I do know that I enjoyed working with students one-on-one a lot more than I "enjoyed" handing out grades.
-Don. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wuensch, Karl L" <wuens...@ecu.edu> Date: Monday, January 31, 2011 3:12 pm Subject: RE: [tips] Please check my paper BEFORE you grade it To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > Tipsters, > would any of the following affect your responses: > > These are > doctoral students in a second semester quant course. > > There is > a paper required every week. > > Each > paper is an APA-Style results section presenting a multivariate > analysis of simulated data. > > The > students have already been given examples of how to present such > results and a list of common errors made by previous students. > > It takes > me about half an hour to evaluate a paper and make constructive > feedback. With 20 students, that is ten hours a week. > > The same > errors tend to be repeated week after week by certain students, > despite prior feedback. Others turn in publication quality > work almost every time. > > I made > the mistake of offering a revise and resubmit. Guess what, > now I get requests to check the revision before it is turned in > for a grade. > > Cheers, > [cid:image001.jpg@01CBC172.25CD86D0]<http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/klw.htm> > From: roig-rear...@comcast.net [mailto:roig-rear...@comcast.net] > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 4:45 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] Please check my paper BEFORE you grade it > > > > > > I usually tell my students who make such requests that it would > not be fair for me to do it just for her without extending the > same offer to everyone else. In turn, it would not be fair to me > to have to read all student papers twice. > > > > Miguel > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karl L Wuensch" <wuens...@ecu.edu> > To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > <tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu>Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 > 4:25:52 PM > Subject: [tips] Please check my paper BEFORE you grade it > > How best to handle the student request that > you check her paper for errors BEFORE you grade it so she can be > sure to get a perfect paper when she hands it in later? > > Cheers, > > Karl W. > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: dap...@shaw.ca. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13157.966b795bc7f3ccb35e3da08aebe98f18&n=T&l=tips&o=8292or > send a blank email to > leave-8292-13157.966b795bc7f3ccb35e3da08aebe98...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > Don Allen Retired professor Langara College --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=8322 or send a blank email to leave-8322-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
