Comments on: Grading Policy, Sir! http://blogs.scienceforums.net/swansont/archives/376 Physics, tech and humor. Because science and learning are cool, and life's too short not to laugh. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:53:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: CCPhysicist (aka Dr. Pion) http://blogs.scienceforums.net/swansont/archives/376/comment-page-1#comment-2096 CCPhysicist (aka Dr. Pion) Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:42:22 +0000 http://blogs.scienceforums.net/swansont/archives/376#comment-2096 Glad you found that article entertaining. Depending on just how long ago that was, I might have one of your grads in my physics class this year. Ex navy nuclear propulsion. To no ones surprise, he never asks about grading. ... and was quite interested when I told him a prof in the nearby E school was also ex nuclear. I really need to adopt that kind of grading shorthand, especially for sig figs on lab reports. I notice that you convert a GCE into an ME if the student notices the answer is nonsense. I do the same thing, since the biggest difference between an exam environment and a professional environment is that you have both time and colleagues to help you find some error that eludes detection by its creator. My tactic on s/g answers once was to average the grades for the separate solutions if one in particular was not identified as being the student's final answer. (10+0)/2 = 5 of 10. These days I also subtract points for not indicating the correct answer. In engineering school they get zero if they don't get a single answer and put a box around it. One of our math profs used to teach in the Air Force. His comments are mostly about attendance and classroom behavior, which are er slightly different at a CC. Glad you found that article entertaining. Depending on just how long ago that was, I might have one of your grads in my physics class this year. Ex navy nuclear propulsion. To no ones surprise, he never asks about grading. … and was quite interested when I told him a prof in the nearby E school was also ex nuclear.

I really need to adopt that kind of grading shorthand, especially for sig figs on lab reports.

I notice that you convert a GCE into an ME if the student notices the answer is nonsense. I do the same thing, since the biggest difference between an exam environment and a professional environment is that you have both time and colleagues to help you find some error that eludes detection by its creator.

My tactic on s/g answers once was to average the grades for the separate solutions if one in particular was not identified as being the student’s final answer. (10+0)/2 = 5 of 10. These days I also subtract points for not indicating the correct answer. In engineering school they get zero if they don’t get a single answer and put a box around it.

One of our math profs used to teach in the Air Force. His comments are mostly about attendance and classroom behavior, which are er slightly different at a CC.

]]> By: yourdadonapogos http://blogs.scienceforums.net/swansont/archives/376/comment-page-1#comment-2091 yourdadonapogos Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:35:18 +0000 http://blogs.scienceforums.net/swansont/archives/376#comment-2091 BMS: Be More Specific. I got that one a lot. BMMMS: Be Much Much More Specific. BMS: Be More Specific. I got that one a lot.

BMMMS: Be Much Much More Specific.

]]> By: yourdadonapogos http://blogs.scienceforums.net/swansont/archives/376/comment-page-1#comment-2053 yourdadonapogos Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:04:44 +0000 http://blogs.scienceforums.net/swansont/archives/376#comment-2053 I guess I did too well in the pipeline; I don't know very many more. I guess I did too well in the pipeline; I don’t know very many more.

]]> By: gg http://blogs.scienceforums.net/swansont/archives/376/comment-page-1#comment-2050 gg Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:46:05 +0000 http://blogs.scienceforums.net/swansont/archives/376#comment-2050 I'm tempted to start using this notation when grading my tests. I'm afraid I'd end up getting carpal tunnel writing s/g too many times, though... I’m tempted to start using this notation when grading my tests. I’m afraid I’d end up getting carpal tunnel writing s/g too many times, though…

]]> By: yourdadonapogos http://blogs.scienceforums.net/swansont/archives/376/comment-page-1#comment-2043 yourdadonapogos Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:58:25 +0000 http://blogs.scienceforums.net/swansont/archives/376#comment-2043 MURT: Must Use Rankine Temperatures (applicable VERY rarely) Shotgun went away in prototype! :D MURT: Must Use Rankine Temperatures (applicable VERY rarely)

Shotgun went away in prototype! :D

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