In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
dennis roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>grading projects for a first assignment REreminds me that ... some students
>go way above and beyond the call of duty when doing projects ... in my
>case, they have to download a file ... do some analyses ... and then do
>some write up of what they found.
>now, some go to alot to trouble to do very nice documents in a word
>processor and have gone to fancy extents ... whereas others will use
>(minitab is the package in this case) minitab ... and do all their work in
>it (which is possible) and turn in an acceptable document ... say the right
>things, etc.
>the QUALITY of the document is not a gradable criterion (in my system ...
>maybe it should be) ... but, how do any of you deal with this sort of thing
>... whether it be a document to be turned in or some other assignment ...
>some just go WAY over what is required ...
>From your posting, they go way over in matters not related
to the proper subject matter of the course. I see no reason
to encourage the use of time for "glitz".
The purpose of any course should be the development of
knowledge and the ability to use it. Even the use of
assignments for any other purpose does not contribute to
education. Assignments for the purpose of having the
students do assignments, or even for the purpose of grading
beyond the minimum necessary, are very common and in my
opinion helping to lower the quality of education.
It a student already knows how to do it, that student
should not have to do it. It becomes busy work.
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