Xref: utzoo comp.edu:1048 rec.humor:10989 Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!gatech!mcnc!decvax!dartvax!eleazar!roberta From: roberta@eleazar.Dartmouth.EDU (Roberta Millstein) Newsgroups: comp.edu,rec.humor Subject: Re: cruelty to undergrads Message-ID: <8470@eleazar.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 28 Mar 88 21:19:38 GMT References: <18618@topaz.rutgers.edu> <8394@eleazar.Dartmouth.EDU> <8803140104.AA08638@hoskin.csri.toronto.edu> Reply-To: roberta@eleazar.Dartmouth.EDU (Roberta Millstein) Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover,NH Lines: 30 In article <8803140104.AA08638@hoskin.csri.toronto.edu> clarke@csri.toronto.edu (Jim Clarke) writes: >I always say this myself. Can you explain why I should be blind to all >parts of the test except the ones the student asks me to look at? You shouldn't be. I guess my point was, though, that many professors say this with sort of a threatening tone of voice, as in, don't dare to question my grading or I may penalize you for it. This may lead some students who have a legitimate gripe to not say anything about it for fear that they are wrong, or that the professor may be angry with them. I myself always try to judge whether any points I might gain would be worth making myself appear as a point-grubber. >Actually, though I've often found reasons to lower a test grade rather than >raise it as asked, I don't think I've ever actually lowered the recorded >grade; instead, I point out that when I make a judgement call on whether >to take a mark off, the judgement doesn't always go against the student. >And most student queries turn out to be about judgement calls, not marking >mistakes. Of course, there will always be questions where the grades are very much judgement calls. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roberta Millstein roberta@eleazar.dartmouth.edu ...dartvax!eleazar!roberta Would you believe Dartmouth is kicking me out into the real world this spring?