How can we attempt to treat them like adults, yet also fear what will happen if we provide information to them?
At 06:31 AM 10/12/01 -0700, you wrote: >I agree with Nancy. These students are ADULTS and need >to be treated as such. In majority of cases they know >their grades and they have them on their exams. >Posting grades encourages students to be more "lazy" >when it comes to tracking their own progress by >maintaining their own grade record for the class. > >Payam > > > > >--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I don't post grades at all. Besides all the ethical > > problems it seems to > > create, I think it encourages an attitude of passive > > dependence on the > > instructor. > > When students ask me to post grades, or to tell them > > how they are doing, I > > ask them to look at their quizzes, exam grades and > > assignments. They can > > answer this question without my input. > > > > Nancy Melucci > > LACCD > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. >http://personals.yahoo.com > >--- >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] **************************************************************** Stephen W. Tuholski Ph.D. Asst. Professor Dept. of Psychology Southern Illinois U. at Edwardsville Edwardsville IL 62026 Phone: 618 650 5391 Fax: 618 650 5087 http://www.siue.edu/~stuhols "Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so." - Bertrand Russell *************************************************************** --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
