tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post6640903747835850332..comments2024-03-14T09:50:44.315+00:00Comments on Psychological comments: Do universities award honest grades?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-4920710343381347682016-07-16T14:49:04.118+01:002016-07-16T14:49:04.118+01:00The services of resume or CV writing can be the mo...The services of resume or CV writing can be the most important asset in the quest to make the ideal CV, these CV writing services get someone on a road to getting the work of his dreams. See more <a href="http://www.checkmypersonalstatement.net/" rel="nofollow">edit my personal statement</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01726405345183132149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-43428074658067939492014-08-19T23:36:29.824+01:002014-08-19T23:36:29.824+01:00Thank you. I agree one should set standards for ma...Thank you. I agree one should set standards for marking, and have in mind what would constitute a good answer to a question. However, the one joy of examining is finding the brilliant student who breaks all those rules and shows another, better way, to answer the question. Alabama or Berkeley..... so long as there is some sunshine, and lots of bright students.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-40788098012281478722014-08-19T21:41:20.345+01:002014-08-19T21:41:20.345+01:00Well, Professor Thompson, you certainly brightened...Well, Professor Thompson, you certainly brightened my day with this optimistic piece! Whatever the case, your enlightening commentary comes at a good time, and I thank you for your work.<br /><br />One way in which some composition professors combat grade inflation in our courses is to generate and carefully stick to "grading rubrics." All professors know and follow the rubric; all students know and follow the rubric. Moreover, we have "norming sessions" for midterms and finals, where we make sure our minds are synced and focused on the task at hand as we prepare to anonymously grade papers in a sort of Fifth Circle of Hell. <br /><br />Sure, our system is not perfect but it helps! I believe that by setting specific learning goals [I hate the term "outcomes," which sounds too robotic for my taste] and generating specific formulas for measuring how those goals are met, we can function just as effectively, efficiently, and objectively in Alabama as we could in Berkeley.Dr. Weihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00645576644568218946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-38017624956915683442014-08-08T16:38:28.713+01:002014-08-08T16:38:28.713+01:00Cheap, simple, and very probably wrong. A scholarl...Cheap, simple, and very probably wrong. A scholarly degree, properly examined, is a measure of application and persistence as well as ability. It also indicates that, apart from native wit and effort, you actually know something which may be of use to others. I am all in favour of measuring intelligence, but I wouldn't want a single figure summary of my abilities to have such an impact on my life. Mind you, my school leaving program gives my actual scholastic scores in percentages, but no-one has ever paid any attention to them. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-4942162715595755032014-08-07T20:25:44.193+01:002014-08-07T20:25:44.193+01:00Wouldn't a cheap and simple measure be to prin...Wouldn't a cheap and simple measure be to print IQ scores on the diploma next to the GPA?peterfireflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050847835479172236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-84515293584233304292014-08-07T18:15:21.974+01:002014-08-07T18:15:21.974+01:00I'm sure it's gotten worse since I was in ...I'm sure it's gotten worse since I was in college 20+ years ago, just as it was worse for me than for my father 40+ years ago. One annoyance I noticed in graduate school was that expensive private schools seemed to award much higher grades than even excellent state schools. Makes one wonder how much of the supposed better outcomes from an elite education spring from simple grading dishonesty.<br /><br />I had good grades anyway, but every minor difficulty (dropping a class in the 3rd week of the quarter instead of the 2nd, for example) showed up on my transcript while my classmates from Stanford (to cite a specific example) could drop a class the day before the final and not have it appear anywhere on their transcript. <br />Polyniceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17572569966804611855noreply@blogger.com