I tell students to bring 3 specific questions about their paper. I will talk to them about how to solve those problems. I always say once you've addressed these issues if you want to come back with 3 more, we can keep going. Nobody has ever taken me up on the second offer.
The first offer makes them think about what the problems are before they come in to see you and it becomes their responsibility to organize their thoughts. It's worked for me. -Carla Quoting drnanjo <[email protected]>: > > I always ask them how they think they are doing. > > They do the work, they earn the grade. > > There is a certain passivity - offensive to me -implied in the question. > > They are not powerless. Although a lot of students appear to > function under this misapprehension. > > Nancy Melucci > Long Beach City College > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stuart McKelvie <[email protected]> > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, Feb 1, 2011 7:35 am > Subject: [tips] Where do I stand in the course? Was: Please check my > paper BEFORE you grade it > > > Dear Tipsters, > The thread on pre-grading prompted my new question. >> From time to time, near the end of the semester and before the final exam, a > tudent will ask me to tell them where they stand in the course. > My usual response is to tell them that they have all the graded work, so they > an calculate it for themselves. I also tell them that I myself do not really > ish to have my attention drawn to their current standing so that I can be as > bjective as possible when grading the final. > Of course, one inevitably knows how some students are doing but even > then I try > ot to look at the names on the exam as I reach for the next one. > Thoughts? > Sincerely, > Stuart > > __________________________________________________________________________ > "Floreat Labore" > > "Recti cultus pectora roborant" > > tuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Phone: 819 822 9600 x 2402 > epartment of Psychology, Fax: 819 822 9661 > ishop's University, > 600 rue College, > herbrooke, > uébec J1M 1Z7, > anada. > > -mail: [email protected] (or [email protected]) > Bishop's University Psychology Department Web Page: > ttp://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy > Floreat Labore" > > > __________________________________________________________________________ > > --- > ou are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > o unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b878&n=T&l=tips&o=8313 > r send a blank email to > leave-8313-12993.aba36cc3760e0b1c6a655f019a68b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13123.274da997412973c08cf7e78724153f55&n=T&l=tips&o=8316 > or send a blank email to > leave-8316-13123.274da997412973c08cf7e78724153...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=8619 or send a blank email to leave-8619-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
