Grading on a Curve
Discussions center on controversies around grading practices in university classes, particularly curving grades to adjust for low averages or cheating, fairness issues, grade inflation, and alternatives like pass/fail or separating teaching from grading.
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Metagame it. Instead of ensuring that the largest number of students get credit, ensure that none do for fairness. Bell curve adjustment of grades will nullify the question.
Ah... I had professors who graded like that
something still changed; i've been in classes where the bulk of the students got bad grades and that never stopped the instructor from handing them out.if we use grades as a yardstick for elementary progress and efficacy then you'd think it would be a bigger deal if a single cog in the system decided to systematically add inaccuracy to the measure simply because a failing student irks them.
i would hire a student to do a regression on your grading over the past few years and see if that's true
Hopefully everything is graded on a curve to at least minimize the performance effects
It seems to be a pervasive attitude.Today a group of my colleagues received their grades on a linear algebra test. The class average was below the failing mark. One of my acquaintances remarked: "The professor is going to have to do something about these grades, they can't fail the whole class!"Maybe it's the class that should do something about the grades...
Students will cheat. the solve is to get rid of curving classes in this manner
I would caution against grading on a curve
You're suggesting folks should grade on a curve?
Whats the point of grading if there are repeats only for some?