Hi Beth,
Itried to have make-up exams after the final, but then I had different missing
different exams...it was a mess. I have dropped trying to decide who has a good
excuse or not...I have 6 assignment per semester but only the highest 5 count.
The final cumulative exam is optional. There are 3 Unit exams plus the optional
final. The highest 3 of the of the four exams. Your grandmother dies, sorry,
you can take the optional final exam. You thought the exam was on Thursday,
sorry, you can take the optional cumulative final exam.
No headaches...much simpler.
Have a nice weekend!
jim
Jim Matiya
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From: beth.ben...@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 16:58:33 -0400
Subject: [tips] scheduling makeup exams
To: tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu
There has been some interesting discussion about deceased grandparents, missing
tests and how makeups should/should not be handled.
We've discussed makeup tests in the past on TIPS, but it's been a while and we
do seem to have some new people. When it was previously discussed I offered
something I picked up at an APA poster session some years ago. The poster
discussed a paper that was done about how best to handle makeup tests, and the
conclusion of the author was that it worked well for both students and
instructors to give all makeup tests - regardless of reason - on the day of the
final exam. So that's what I've been doing and I don't have to waste any time
weeding through whether or not a students reasons for missing are valid.
(Sadly, and with much embarrassment, I have lost the name of the presenter so
can't give credit.)
Here's how I go about it: I have the student take the final exam (my
university typically allows 2 1/2 hours, which is much, much more than is ever
needed for my final exams), and after the student has completed the exam, I
give him/her a sheet with questions (different from the original test which was
missed) for each test that was given. I usually have about ten essay questions
for each test. The student then answers questions for the test(s) missed.
My experience has been that the makeup tests tend to follow about the same
grade pattern the student has had, so there doesn't seem to be any particular
advantage or disadvantage to doing it this way. It also saves me the time it
takes to schedule and supervise a separate time for a makeup test after every
test.
Incidentally, I continue to see some kind of this might be phishing or
something like that or my posts, as well as others who use gmail. I haven't
figured out how to get around it, and hope that I haven't lost too much by
people who are leery of opening an email from me. I'm toying with the idea of
removing my TIPS gmail address and using my school email address. Perhaps that
will solve the problem. Any other advice? (I love my gmail and it's faster
than my school address.)
Beth BenoitPlymouth State UniversityPlymouth NH
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