Word: margolin
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...have witnessed students who jump around from one precept—our small [teaching assistant-led] class—to another in order to find the one with the most freshmen because they are concerned about the competition for A grades,” Margolin writes in an e-mail. “I have witnessed people who are more stressed about their theses and junior independent work. I have witnessed people who are unwilling to share notes about a class because of the need to maintain their own standing within the class given the very specific number...
...have witnessed students who jump around from one precept—our small [teaching assistant-led] class—to another in order to find the one with the most freshmen because they are concerned about the competition for A grades,” Margolin writes in an e-mail. “I have witnessed people who are more stressed about their theses and junior independent work. I have witnessed people who are unwilling to share notes about a class because of the need to maintain their own standing within the class given the very specific number...
...Margolin says he doubts that teaching assistants, who are responsible for most undergraduates’ grades, would hassle their superiors simply to give a deserving student...
...Margolin says the rationale for grade deflation—that it will cause students to work harder and improve the quality of their education—is suspect...
...administration suggests that a student who does not receive accurate (but inflated) grades cannot grow intellectually,” Margolin writes. “Lower grading without better discussion of a student’s work will not achieve the aforementioned goal of better education...