I teach inmates, so they don't have the option to reschedule (nor many other options).
However, when I was a student at The University of Texas at Austin, we were allowed
to reschedule a final exam if we had 3 within a 24-hour period. Most students did not
take advantage of that option because they knew the rescheduled exam would be much
tougher than the regularly scheduled exam (instructor's option).
Margie Stinson
Lee College Adjunct Faculty
Huntsville, TX
----Original Message-----
From: Stephen W Tuholski [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 11:33 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Final Exam schedules...
Hi Tipsters,
I have a question for the group... I am on our university's faculty senate,
and at our next meeting we are going to vote on a final exam scheduling issue.
The motion is to allow students with more than 2 final exams on one day to
reschedule one of their finals. My reading of the motion is that the
affected faculty member will NOT have a say. So if little Johnny Undergrad
has my final and 2 others, and he wants to reschedule mine, i must let him.
The rationale that is offered for this change is that having more than 2
final exams in one day is not consistent w/ spreading finals over a week's
time.
Personally, I think this is laughable for a few reasons.
1. The student knows at the time they REGISTER when their finals are... I
think that 16 weeks is sufficient time to prepare.
2. Life's schedule isn't always convenient... are we not sending a bad
message to the students by letting them re-schedule their finals?
3. This places unnecessary burden on the faculty member... that is, they
may need to write 2 exams (i wouldn't let one person take an exam on
monday, and then let the rest of the same class take the same exam a day or
two later).
4. I am too young to say this, but back in my day this kind of thing
happened to me... I dealt w/ it by preparing in advance, not by whining to
the administration.
Anyway, I am interested in your thoughts and feedback...
Steve
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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
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Bertrand Russell
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