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The distribution of grades ... didn’t follow the nice sweeping bell curve you might expect. Instead, they fell into what he calls a “bimodal distribution.”
by glifchits 12y ago
The distribution of grades ... didn’t follow the nice sweeping bell curve you
might expect. Instead, they fell into what he calls a “bimodal distribution.”
- orbifold 12y agoThis is a phenomena also encountered in European universities. I know for a fact that it occurs in Physics and Math, since our professors were in the habit of showing us performance statistics.They even tend to adjust the grading accordingly. That is you get a B approximately at the first peak and fail if you are significantly behind the second peak. I don't think it nescessarily has to do with income / prior education.
- glifchits 12y agoI guess I should have added context. I thought it was funny that it sounded like the author thought that "bimodal distribution" was coined by the chemistry prof.