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If students elect to take classes far beyond their level then they can simply have no idea what is going on and fail. That should be enough of a natural consequ
by gizmo686 13y ago
If students elect to take classes far beyond their level then they can simply have no idea what is going on and fail. That should be enough of a natural consequence to discourage a flood of under-performing students to high level classes.
- dragonwriter 13y agoDunning-Kruger explains why that can't be relied on to discourage the flood -- the people that ought to be discouraged may well agree that unprepared students shouldn't register for the high-level classes, but won't realize that they are unprepared.
- seizethecheese 13y agoThe problem is that most courses are graded on a curve, so these students just degrade everyone's standards. My 400 level university classes are absurdly easy. I can get a B just by attending class and spending less than an hour per week.