>> On Apr 4, 2015, at 2:22 PM, Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> We all know about the controversy surrounding the use of student course >> evaluations to rate instructors’ teaching. But with the current emphasis on >> student retention (e.g., the percentage of first-semester Freshmen who >> enroll in second-semester classes), I’m seeing the emergence of a new metric >> to rate and compare instructors: the percentage of "successful completions” >> (the percentage of students earning a final grade of C or better) in their >> classes.
The "solution" to this "problem" is incredibly simple. I don't know why administrations that find themselves in this "terrible conundrum" don't implement it. Just change the grading scale so that it includes no grades below C. Better still, get rid of grading altogether, and give every student lollipop at the last class. Worried about mere attendance? Give them a lollipop at every class. Chris ....... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo --- 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=43617 or send a blank email to leave-43617-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
