We have the rather fine-grained: A+ 95–100 A 90–95 A– 85–90 B+ 80–85 B 75–80 B– 70–75 C+ 65–70 C 60–65 C– 56–60 D+ 53–56 D 50–53 F 0–49 Phew! --Mike
--- On Sun, 1/11/09, Stuart McKelvie <[email protected]> wrote: From: Stuart McKelvie <[email protected]> Subject: Grading Guidelines...Was [tips] Weighty problem To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 7:53 AM Dear Tipsters, I was interested in the a/b/c/d links to percentage grades. At our university, we still work with raw percentages. However, at one time, we did use a system like this: A, B, C, F As Stephen has pointed out, 50% is the pass and was the cutoff between A, B, C and F. But for your interest, these were the definitions of A, B and C: A - 80% and up. B - 65 to 79. C - 50 to 64. Sincerely, Stuart ___________________________________________________________________ Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Phone: (819)822-9600, Extension 2402 Department of Psychology, Fax: (819)822-9661 Bishop's University, 2600 College Street, Sherbrooke, Québec J1M 1Z7, Canada. E-mail: [email protected] Bishop's University Psychology Department Web Page: http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy ___________________________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: DeVolder Carol L [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: January 10, 2009 10:52 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Weighty problem Thank you all for your thoughtful replies (and your kind words, Joan). As you probably, and correctly, assumed, I am very torn about this one. Nothing is ever clear cut and I will continue to consider all that you have said. Each of you who has taken time to answer has provided me with food for thought. I appreciate your rationales and will continue to consider all of them. I don't know how this will turn out, maybe it will be easier than I suspect, maybe not. But again, thank you all for your responses. Carol Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 Phone: 563-333-6482 e-mail: [email protected] web: http://web.sau.edu/psychology/psychfaculty/cdevolder.htm The contents of this message are confidential and may not be shared with anyone without permission of the sender. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
