At 11:09 PM 12/25/99 +0000, Jerry Dallal wrote:
>I agree about respect. Respect and grades are two different things.
>In graduate school, at least under my system, an A means this student
>has given evidence of future success as a doctoral degree candidate.
even on christmas day ... after eating WAY too much ... i challenge this
statement. i doubt very seriously that the A means that the student WILL be
successful in becoming a doctoral candidate ... UNLESS of course the
obtaining of becoming a doctoral candidate is achieved after earning a
grade of A in THIS particular course ... we all know that becoming a
doctoral degree candidate ... is dependent on a variety of skills and
experiences and, one course AT most (stat or any other course) might tell
you something about ONE skill that a student might have so, in that sense
... it could be a very SMALL and partial indication of what the student
might do later ...
thus the claim that getting an A means you will achieve doctoral candidacy
and less that A means you won't ... cannot be empircially validated in
graduate school with current evidence ... unless jerry has some
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