tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36486960.post6935989852286991307..comments2023-12-20T17:48:18.108-05:00Comments on To Delight and to Instruct: Random Bullets of Grading HellHoracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15662740021328265642noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36486960.post-73182461359728704542006-12-16T21:11:00.000-05:002006-12-16T21:11:00.000-05:00The best approach that I encountered in coursework...The best approach that I encountered in coursework was a prof who assigned separate grades for the paper and the seminar - that is, you could get an "A" in the seminar regardless of what you got on your paper. This was in some ways to account for the papers that apply the obvious theory to the overdone text, but do it well (I didn't get this at the time, but we had a conversation about this recently). The grade on the paper was an attempt to convey what would happen if you sent that paper to a hypothetical journal - A is accepted, A- for minor revisions, B+ for more revisions, B for revise and resubmit...etc. Still not a perfect system, but I liked the attempt to tell us what would happen to us in the "real world" without killing our seminar grades if we had otherwise performed well. I would rather know that my paper adds nothing to the discussion now and learn how to fix that problem then get an A because it was a well-written paper.negativecapabilityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014108944008633157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36486960.post-63197449139222637142006-12-16T15:27:00.000-05:002006-12-16T15:27:00.000-05:00Horace:
I have always liked the Harvard Biz schoo...Horace:<br /><br />I have always liked the Harvard Biz school model -- you give a 1, 2 or a 3. 1 is exceptional, most people get a 2, and a 3 means "Do you really want to be in school? Can we talk?"<br /><br />Happy hols,<br /><br />TRTenured Radicalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703980598547163290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36486960.post-56025734319382787382006-12-15T19:35:00.000-05:002006-12-15T19:35:00.000-05:00Good luck on the grading nightmares! I'm avoiding ...Good luck on the grading nightmares! I'm avoiding finishing up a chapter. Would trade work with you if I could, just to get some variety!<br /><br />With the grad seminar ---- what is the dept's thinking about Bs? Some schools/depts hand out Bs and As willy-nilly, it seems; in my dept. I heard a professor sternly telling a student that they should not be getting Bs, that it was a coded message to grads that their work was not up to graduate level and they needed to shape up or get out. So, if your dept. works that way and you pass out a pack of Bs you will be really freaking out a bunch of grad students. ... Not that you might not need to do that. But you should be aware of what you're doing. <br /><br />Good luck with your conundrum! The comments, not the little letters, are what always helped me. <br /><br />---trysteroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com