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Ever taught first year calculus to a batch of pre med students? They're under pressure to score high, and feel like their entire future rides on every quiz, so
by sdenton4 3y ago
Ever taught first year calculus to a batch of pre med students? They're under pressure to score high, and feel like their entire future rides on every quiz, so tend to argue every point deducted. It's an incredible time suck, and really just demoralizing.
- BeFlatXIII 3y agoI had many profs take great joy in "failing" the pre-meds (a.k.a. letting the PhD and industry track students get better grades) for exactly this reason.
- ska 3y agoHell, sometimes their parents argue about it. The best defence against this I suspect is to have a clearly communicated, unambiguous grading scheme, but this can be difficult to do in an even handed way. I had one undergrad prof whose policy was this: All incorrect answers get 0, no exceptions. Correct answers lose points for all steps not shown the way he had demonstrated. There wasn't a lot to argue about, but none of us felt his approach was entirely fair.