Doing Your Homework Helps…

Posted on June 13, 2006
Filed Under Korea, esl & other teaching |

I should have known, but of course I didn’t expect it.

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2 Responses to “Doing Your Homework Helps…”

  1. Nathan B. on June 15th, 2006 12:26 am

    Whoa, you’ve got me pretty scared for what happens when I turn my marks in. I’ve had a bit of a dilemma with one class. The problem involves the curve. I have one class that is exceptionally strong, and I don’t want to curve them. I have no choice; apparently the computer will physically stop us from inputting more than the allowed number of As and Bs, etc.

  2. gordsellar on June 15th, 2006 10:13 am

    The same thing happened to me in both classes that required the curve. If I were you, I’d remind the class before the end of the semester that there is a curve and you have no choice, congratulate them on their hard work, and tell them that some of them earned higher grades than the system is going to allow them to have, but that there’s nothing you can do about it except to say that because of the curve. grades don’t really reflect quality of work in this case.

    I found kids who worked like hell but were curved down to a B+ from an A were much more understanding about the situation. More so than those who earned bad grades but weren’t used to it.

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