Word: gradinger
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harsh Grading?
And teaching fellows say the distribution is intended to ensure grading equity between the 49 sections of course whose enrollment has increased exponentially since it began 13 years ago as a 100-person government class in Boylston Hall.
But although grade distributions are not uncommon in large classes, several Justice students are concerned that the grading guidelines may unfairlydictate evaluation of their papers, exams andsection participation.
Artful equivocations are even worse; lynxeyed sly little rascals that we are, we see right through them. (Up to exam 40. Then our lynx eyes droop, and grading habits relax. Try to get on the bottom of the pile.) Again, it is not that AE's are vicious or ludicrous...
Such a sudden change in a class only traps students who find themselves unprepared to do the work. In addition, grading a class more harshly or dumping more work on students does not translate into a more rigorous course, much less a better one.