Nobody at my university grades on a curve.* We sometimes add marks to every student to bring the average up but that's not the same thing. We never subtract marks to bring the average down because we know how to avoid exams that are too easy.I don't know what happens at other universities but the ones I know about have similar policies. Students don't understand grading so they tend to imagine the worst. I strongly suspect that this idea of "grading on a curve" is a myth but I'm happy to be proven wrong. Please let's hear from a Professor who has actually done it.* There are minor exceptions and those Professors have been roundly criticized by their peers. They don't do it again. It is unfair.
A straight line is a curve: 90%=A, 80%=B, 70%=C, 60%=D, anything less is an F.
In my trade (human anatomy and physiology for allied health students) we have the Gurney Test: "Some day, when I am wheeled in on a gurney, I have no intention of looking up at you and thinking, 'Oh God, s/he failed MY problem.' "
Nobody at my university grades on a curve.* We sometimes add marks to every student to bring the average up but that's not the same thing. We never subtract marks to bring the average down because we know how to avoid exams that are too easy.I don't know what happens at other universities but the ones I know about have similar policies. Students don't understand grading so they tend to imagine the worst. I strongly suspect that this idea of "grading on a curve" is a myth but I'm happy to be proven wrong. Please let's hear from a Professor who has actually done it.* There are minor exceptions and those Professors have been roundly criticized by their peers. They don't do it again. It is unfair.
It was policy at my last university to grade on a curve. I simply didn't. Nobody noticed...
A straight line is a curve: 90%=A, 80%=B, 70%=C, 60%=D, anything less is an F.
In my trade (human anatomy and physiology for allied health students) we have the Gurney Test: "Some day, when I am wheeled in on a gurney, I have no intention of looking up at you and thinking, 'Oh God, s/he failed MY problem.' "
Dang, sorry, but I'm used to sigs being automatically attached. So:
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