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William G. Perry, director of the Bureau of Study Counsel, raises, among other things, some important questions about grading methods. In his essay, Perry contends that graders often tend to penalize students for "bull, relevance without facts," but frequently reward "cow, facts without relevance," because "cow" more than "bull" is...
Academic work at Harvard creates its own pressures and tensions, quite apart from those generated by a student's academically average status. Conceivably it would be possible to eliminate the frustrations of academic averageness by significant changes in the lecture and exam system, and in grading--though even this is...
Mentioning exam grading, the dining halls and room rents as area that needed HCUA attention, he promised to give the question of continued Harvard membership in the National Student Association "close study."
The proposals to grade the sophomore tutorials in History should not be modified, they should be protested. Firstly, and least importantly, the work is already graded by the tutor for the department and by the administration of Part I of the Generals. Secondly, grading the tutorials would ruin the program...
Grading the tutorial will undermine its purpose as well as the student's enjoyment. The whole structure of the tutorial system is aimed at developing the student's capacity for creative work. Sophomores are acutely conscious of their grades and they are good at figuring out how to get them...