TEACHSOC: Re: grading quizzes

[Del Thomas Ph. D.]

Del Roberts, Keith wrote: Several good suggestions have been made on this question. One possibility is to come to class the first day, offer several possibilities, and have the students briefly discuss and then vote on which approach will be used. In the syllabus, it can say something value like "daily preparation: xx points", and the options that they would discuss and vote on are on a separate sheet. This discussion becomes part of "negotiating the contract for the course" on the first day and gives the students some sense of ownership, since they had in-put. Keith