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I disagree. The point of curves is to differentiate the students. Students who don’t understand do and the material should be failed, it that doesn’t tell us w
by HDThoreaun 3y ago
I disagree. The point of curves is to differentiate the students. Students who don’t understand do and the material should be failed, it that doesn’t tell us who should get A vs B vs C
- pierat 3y ago"Do they proficiently understand the topic?" Should be met with a trinary answer: YES, NO, WITHDRAW. We should not encourage stack ranking (or a curve) as a way to stratify students because they joined the class with too many smarter people. Go read up about stack ranking, and why it's a horrific practice. In a "grade on a curve" situation, it benefits you to drop the class if there's too many people you think smarter or more experienced than you. And it benefits you if you're smarter than them. And, thats a REALLY UGLY way to approach education.
- HDThoreaun 3y agoIn the end I guess it comes down to what the point of undergrad is. Imo we have completely left the "learn stuff" era and are in the "differentiate yourself to employers" era. That means that stack ranking is largely the point, even if it has many downsides.