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I believe that the key is rigor: if grades are a reflection of whether or not a student has mastered some material, and the grading is rigorous, the only way fo
by i_am_proteus 7y ago
I believe that the key is rigor: if grades are a reflection of whether or not a student has mastered some material, and the grading is rigorous, the only way for a student to attain a high grade is to master that material. That's the point of grades, isn't it?
- duxup 7y agoTo some extent I agree, although I feel like grades are often a reflection of papers (busy work that should teach you something) and to some extent what I think of as testing disguised as "trivia". Good for folks who are good at trivia, not so sure it is the best route. But yeah I agree grades should reflect how well the student grocks the topic.
- MR4D 7y agoIt is, but how do you know the material is hard enough? If I teach history and have a finale exam with one question, “who was the first president of the United States?” then the students will all get A’s, but nobody would consider that a college level history test, and even if you made an A, there is no way to know that you mastered the subject. That’s a simplification, but in essence the issue at stake here.