Timeline for What are the ethical considerations regarding mandatory class participation?
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| Nov 24 at 20:56 | comment | added | Steve Jessop | "a few points toward the grade for such things can be helpful" - in this context you might have to be a bit careful, though. You have four students formally complaining about being repeatedly called on in class to speak, in what you identify as a "stick-like" way, and you double down on that by introducing the "carrot" that if they (or their successors next year) don't contribute, there are points towards the grade that they cannot score. I don't like the legal liability if you lose the existing formal complaints! | |
| Nov 24 at 19:01 | comment | added | TRiG | @paulgarrett. Not every class is a maths class. I was a Deaf Studies student. Yes, language classes required mandatory participation: there's no other way to learn. | |
| Nov 23 at 16:40 | comment | added | Dan Romik | @paulgarrett okay, I actually agree about not putting people on the spot. But there are other forms of mandatory participation, such as requiring students to give oral presentations as discussed in my answer, which is acceptable and common. | |
| Nov 23 at 15:27 | comment | added | paul garrett | @DanRomik, yes, having encountered many different personalities among math students, undergrad and grad alike, I'm strongly disinclined to insist that people be "put on the spot". If nothing else, some very capable people are not super-quick, and need to "go away and think about it". And so on... | |
| Nov 23 at 3:47 | comment | added | Dan Romik | @paulgarrett then it’s not really mandatory participation, is it? So are you saying that actually mandating participation is not okay? | |
| Nov 22 at 23:15 | comment | added | paul garrett | Yes, definitely want to allow the catch-phrase "nothing to add". And have that be ok. Then we're fine. | |
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