On Wed, 18 Oct 2000 12:38:02 +0000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> are there some assignments or tasks that you grade as either S or U?
> I occasionally assign S or U for book reports ,library work
> or website explorations.
> I also assign an S+ for excellent work and an S- for work
> which does not meet up to the standards but not poor enough
> to be judged as U.
> Would like some feedback as to your use of S and U and
> the pros and cons of this assessment factor.
>
> Michael Sylvester,PhD
> Daytona
> Beach,Florida
I have been grading APA-style lab reports in my Research Methods classes
using a qualitative (Excellent, Acceptable, Marginal, Unacceptable,
Omitted, & Not Applicable) system for specific information within each
section (e.g., review of relevant literature, statement of the problem,
inverted pyramid organization in the Intro) with a numerical score
assigned to each section as a whole. I just changed the system to include
only Acceptable and Unacceptable for certain specific items (e.g.,
grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc). I've not decided yet whether I
should assign a maximum number of errors allowed before assigning a score
of Unacceptable.
I'd like to know how others handle it. --SLS
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