Mar
3
Why Post Grades on Blackboard?
March 3, 2009 | by Will Millhiser | 5 Comments
Did you see the article “Student Expectations Seen as Causing Grade Disputes” by Max Roosevelt in the 18-Feb-2009 NY Times? The article asserts that students are feeling more entitled to high grades than in years past.
I made a small change about five years ago that significantly reduced the number of end-of-semester grade disputes. I wonder [...]
Jan
19
Mendicant Preachers
January 19, 2009 | by Tomasello | 8 Comments
At the end of the fall semester, I received this e-mail from a student in my MSC 1003 class who had recently earned a D grade:
i am on academic probation. if my G.P.A. doesnt reach 2.0 by the end of next semester, im kicked out of baruch. i mathematically cant make 2.0 if i have [...]
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