I'm confused here folks. Do we want good thinking or good spelling? The latter should have been learned in grade school but, as we all know, for many was not. So I refuse to grade a student on how well they were or were not taught by former teachers but, instead, on how well they are willing to think through an idea presented in my class. And please consider--do you "grade" your friends on the quality of their ideas or on how grammatically correct their thoughts are presented?
Joan [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Associate Professor of Oakton Community College) > I'm at home and I don't have the APA manual to hand, but there are two > sentences that I read to my students. The first says something like, "Most > word processing packages now come with a spell checker." The second > sentence is very concise & clear. It is, "Use it." As a result I deduct > one point for every spelling error that would have been caught by a spell > checker. Despite my warnings students still hand in work that was not > checked. The current record holder got a -8 on a five point paper. > > -Don. > > michael sylvester said: >> do you take off points for spellling? >> >> Michael Sylvester,PhD >> Daytona Beach,Florida >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________________________________________ >> Sent via FalconMail e-mail system at falconmail.dbcc.edu >> >> >> >> >> >> --- >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To unsubscribe send a blank email to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
