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Article #5Re: Dropping standards
From: Rich Lemert
Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 19:06
Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 19:06
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clemenr@wmin.ac.uk wrote: > Here in the UK we moan about students a lot. However, the example you > give of a student throwing a tantrum because she was asked to show the > working would be unthinkable. At least in my experience. And if it did > happen, I would simply advise her that there is a standard procedure > for appeals should she not be satisfied with how I marked the exam. And > I would have considerable confidence in the conclusion the appeals > panel would be likely to come to. When I was teaching, any student that wanted to challenge his or her grade on any of my exams was allowed to, provided that their challenge was submitted in writing. They were told, in the syllabus that I passed out at the beginning of the term, that this included ANY re-grade request, even if all they were claiming was that I added up the points wrong. They were to state what their complaint was about the grade I'd given them, and the remedy they were seeking. I explained that I had established this procedure because it was the only way I knew that I'd be able to keep track of everyone's request. I never had any complaints about my grading when I followed this procedure. The students knew that their complaints were being heard, and whether they received a corrected score or I ruled that the original score was correct, they understood why they got the grade they received. Most changes, if there was a change, were minor, but at least one student was able to prove to my satisfaction that I'd missed an important part of his solution during my original grading. I'm sure that this policy helped reduce the number of regrade requests I received. I can't prove it, but I'm sure that some of the students, while being forced to explain why my grade was wrong, found out that they themselves were mistaken, and that my marks were correct. Rich Lemert
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