Grading
in order to be fair to the students we have to very carefull when it comes grading. as we know there are many different types of students we have each one has a different personality and learning ability but the common goal is to be successful.We do accept sometimes the fact what students go thgrouh out their life and learn to connect them some wat to understand them better every efford we do for them will affect their ability to learn and will give them better opportunity improve their grades if needed.
Hi Patricia,
This sounds good. Credit and grades are based on performance, which is assumed to be closely related to knowledge or material learned in class. Creatively managing the assignments seems like a great way to individualize the learning a student achieves.
Barry Westling
Where I teach, we are not allowed to use a curve. We have a syllibus that spells out the course objective, grading and attendence policies, etc. So what I will try to do is create completion projects or questions that use applied knowledge and theory or some type of prescribed plan that relates to what material we have covered and use it as a quiz grade. It's grade based on the amount of effort, thought and concept that went into the project.
Hi Guadalupe:
How generous! When a whole class fails an exam I have to wonder if I did all I could to teach the material, was there a problem with the test, or is the grading suspect. It's statiscally rare that a whole class (assuming there's at least 18-25 or more students) would all fail. But I suppose it's possible.
My response would be to review the material, check for understanding, ask some sample questions, then redo the test. For me, curving only distorts and gives an artificial grade - it does nothing for the learning, and that's what I am most interested in as a teacher.
Regards, Barry
I only cruve the grades if no one passes.
Hi Cem:
Good point there.
If each course has well written objectives, and the curriculum offers a variety of teaching methods and learening activities, the grading will reflect a fairly accurate assessment of course knowledge. We can always present more than is required, but I think as long as the objectives are covered thoroughly and in an interesting and enjoyable manner, the students will learn.
Regards, Barry
