Yes, if you set it up so that students can drop any of the 6 term
tests without loss of points, you really should allow students to NOT
take the last test. At least from a logical standpoint, I can't
imagine a good reason why students should be forced to take a test
that they may intend to drop anyway. In the future, of course,
you can set up contingencies and announce them in advance in your
syllabus. For example, "you can only drop the 6th test if
you have an A/B average." But from the way I understand
your situation now, it seems to me unnecessarily punitive to
force students to take a test they may otherwise intend to do very
poorly on. Just my 3 cents.
wedj
Hello everyone,
Well I would appreciate any of you who are able and willing to
offer some advice on matter I've been dealing with.
Here's the situation: I have two large sections of Intro Psych.
Their final grades are typically based on six term tests (93%)
and experimental credits (7%). Now, this year, due in part to
overwhelming student support (no surprise!) and due in part, perhaps,
to my own extra-sympathetic tendencies at this time of year (particularly,
given the larger context of everything that's going on) I've decided
to drop the lowest mark, and base the 93% on the best 5 test marks.
Now, this was not in the original syllabus last September, and was only
introduced just very recently. But, there is still one more test to write.
I know there are going to be students (those who will be going into
the last test with an A or an A+) who will now certainly not put very much
effort into this test. I've said that everyone still needs to write the
last test.
My question is this: should I just go all the way, since I've gone this
far, and allow
this last test to be optional (as a few students have asked)?
Any thoughts or suggestions are greatly appreciated!
Mike
Mike Lee, MA
Dept of Psychology
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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