Word: gradinger
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Nobody likes to be pigeonholed, especially when that pigeonhole is supposed to reflect one's academic abilities. Unfortunately, hierarchical categorization is one of the concomitants of any grading system, and one must accept it, to some, degree, if one accepts the overall benefits of having a grading system at all...
An overhaul of the grading system, so thatperformance would be graded as either"Satisfactory" or "Needs More Work." Satisfactoryperformance would be further divided intoquintiles, with the best students earning specialhonors.
Artful Equivocations are even worse; lynx-eyed 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 A.E's are vicious or...
Both investigations were hampered by a lack of adequate records of past grades and grading practices, but Whitla and Epps both disputed Mansfield's explanation.
Lax grading allows instructors--of all ranks--to slide by without doing much of anything; it's easy to give a paper an A and write no comments. But a stricter policy would force all teachers to examine and criticize work more carefully. Giving high grades for mediocre work fosters...