No offense - but do students _really_ do this? I know that grades were posted at the schools that I went to and I looked for my grade and that's about it. I checked out the grade distribution to see in general how others did, but quite frankly, I never really cared how a particular person did in my class - certainly not enough to put in that kind of time. I hand back everything. In my intro class, the students get back both the scantron and the test questions and in my upper level courses I hand back the essay test with descriptions of what they missed and why. I see the students getting together and discussing their grades - I know a few lie about their performance, but most are pretty honest with each other. If the idea is not to post grades because the students who are performing poorly will become embarrassed - well, isn't the secret is out the next term when they have to repeat the class because they received either a D or an F?
At 03:41 PM 10/11/2001 -0500, you wrote: >I have been posting exam and quiz grades, via a link on my course web >site, using student-created 4-digit codes. I was talking to to a fellow >faculty member who expressed concern about confidentiality in that >students could, by process of elimination and other methods, figure out >each other's four digit codes. I sure like that "handiness" of posting >scores this way. The alternative is to periodically pass around a sheet >during class, showing students their progress. They could see the other >codes this way, but they wouldn't have time to "study" them. This >wouldn't be as handy, but would reduce the possibility of this possible >confidentiality problem. > >Opinions? > >Jerry Henkel-Johnson >The College of St. Scholastica >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >--- >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Deb Dr. Deborah S. Briihl Dept. of Psychology and Counseling Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA 31698 (229) 333-5994 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://chiron.valdosta.edu/dbriihl/ Well I know these voices must be my soul... Rhyme and Reason - DMB --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
