On Sun, 2019-05-05 at 09:28 +1000, Tom Worthington wrote: > On 3/5/19 2:26 pm, Karl Auer wrote: > > ... I have a big problem with every damn tiny little thing counting > > irrevocably towards your final mark, right from the get go. ... > The weekly tests reward students with a few marks, but only the best > are counted, and do not count towards a high grade.
That makes no sense. Either they count towards the final mark or they do not. Every lecturer seems to think their subject is the only one students are studying. With six or more courses on the go, zero intercoordination between them and one "little" tests (or more!) for each of them every week, your "encouragement" is just constant stress. These tests frequently test knowledge the student cannot reasonably be expected to have yet, generally because the delivery of the tests is (incompetently) out of step with the delivery of the material being tested. The system depends, if it is to be useful to the student, on high- quality staff all the way down to the tutors. Sadly frequently not the case. Do you as a lecturer make certain that every tutor is covering tested material before the tests are set, setting the tests on time, returning the marked tests on time, providing correct worked answers on time, is answering questions in tutorial time effectively, is comprehensible, and so on? If not, your tests are not only a waste of time, they are a hurtful and demoralising waste of time. The system does not allow for different students making progress at different speeds. Regards, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer ([email protected]) http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer http://twitter.com/kauer389 GPG fingerprint: 8D08 9CAA 649A AFEF E862 062A 2E97 42D4 A2A0 616D Old fingerprint: A0CD 28F0 10BE FC21 C57C 67C1 19A6 83A4 9B0B 1D75 _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
