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Summative Assessment

What kind of feedback would you provide in a summative assessment? Austin

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Managing the Intimidator

Some students (intimidators)would actually inform you that they have made straight â€œAsâ€in all previous courses and if they do not make A in your course, it will deny them a 4.0 grade point. Do you think that perception of grades have changed to the extent that a solid grade of B is viewed by students as failing grade? Austin Umezurike

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Late response to discussion thread

Some students wait till the last day to submit their main responses to the discussion question thereby not participating fully in the discussion topic and denying others of early contribution of their own perspectives to the subject matter. How would you evaluate such students?

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Responding to threaded discussion

Dr. Vaillancourt, Your recommendation is very realistic and the ideal approach. However, some schools actually dictate the frequency, days and number of responses from instructor. Some even use less experienced analysts to evaluate instructor's adherence and comments leading to micro-management with negative outcome. Austin Umezurike

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Managing Grade Expectation

Dr. Vaillancourt. Thank you for your very informative perspective on this very relevant academic topic. Austin

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Responding to threaded discussion

In order to maintain presence in the classroom, do you think an instructor should respond to posts by every student?

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Managing Grade Expectation

California student recently sued his school and teacher for earning grade of C+;see link below. How can we manage student grade expectation because everyone expects to make "A" even with mediocre performance? http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/07/calif-student-sues-teacher-district-over-c-grade/

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Personal Time

In addition to physical exercise, creating personal time to visit movie theater or place of interest to relax and wind down helps to mitigate stress. I have also found listening to music to be therapeutic. Austin Umezurike

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Coping Strategies

Ernida Sure, listening to inspirational speeches and music would really help. Austin

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Coping Strategies

Cameron, What an innovative way to relieve stress. I also use that stress free time to think over issues and surprisingly find answers. Austin