[grading] concerns different problems with assigning grades to course work
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Should unreadability or sloppiness of students' work be reflected in their evaluation?
When evaluating and grading students' work in technical fields (like computer science or mathematics), I often face ones that are really messy, sometimes even unreadable. It's not clear at all what ...
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Keeping marking unbiased when work is not submitted anonymously
I'm used to a system in which all important exams or pieces of coursework are marked anonymously. (That is, papers are identified by candidate number, not by name, and the examiner does not know which ...
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Professor withholding course grade until submission of conference paper
I have recently been told by the professor of a particular course of mine, that our final grades will be withheld (given as an "Incomplete" which is later replaced by the final grade) until we ...
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How do you judge an Indian CGPA score?
Let's start with background: I'm European, don't know much about undergrad educational systems, and especially grading, outside my own area. So, I receive a CV from an Indian undergrad with the ...
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How to explain a bad grade to a delusional student?
I guess this comes up quite often in educational context. There is a student who attended a seminar where they were supposed to study an assigned research paper and deliver a presentation to the ...
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What to do about “grade grubbers?”
An annoying aspect of working with a "strict" grading system (e.g., 90%+ = A, 85% = A-, 80% = B+, etc.) is what I call the "grade grubbing" phenomenon: the people who feel compelled to raise ...
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How to physically handle hundreds and hundreds of papers
I have a bit of a meta-question about academics.
I am a graduate student and teaching assistant. I often find myself flipping, organizing, and searching through stacks of hundreds and hundreds of ...
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How to Scale the Grades for an Examination?
I am the teaching assistant for a course in economics, and one of my responsibilities is marking examinations.
I had just finished marking the midterm, and the grades were very poor. The details are ...
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Converting from and to British grading scheme
I've tried googling around for this but I haven't really understood how the British grading scheme works. I am specifically interested in knowing the following things:
What is a 2:1?
What is a level ...
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Grading schemes to encourage effort
I'll be teaching a graduate-level mathematically oriented class with probably less than 20 students. I have to grade the students (our system doesn't allow for pass-fail grading), and while I don't ...
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Grading question - Class with graduate students
I took a class with graduate students as an undergraduate student. The grading was on a curve and combined(as in graduate students were graded along with undergraduate students).
Is this normal in US ...
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Is it reasonable to evaluate spelling/grammar in reports for students diagnosed with dyslexia?
Students diagnosed with dyslexia qualify for accommodations at most universities. As with other special needs students, they're entitled extra time for work, exams, access or licenses to spell ...
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How do I appropriately penalize late projects?
I am teaching an elective course in which students' grades are determined on the basis of a final project. Due to unforeseen circumstances, this year I had to grant a one-week blanket exception to all ...
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What are some ways to increase grading speed?
I sometimes spend too much time on grading students' homework in the class I am a TA for. I am asking if there are some ways to improve grading speed? I hope that I can learn some useful tips from ...
