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- From: ASCSW@ASUACAD.BITNET (Clayton Wells)
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.psycgrad
- Subject: Re: Help!! Lost Exam!!
- Message-ID: <PSYCGRAD%92110516583721@ACADVM1.UOTTAWA.CA>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 21:45:44 GMT
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- In-Reply-To: Message of Thu, 5 Nov 1992 16:37:00 EDT from <KMORGAN@WHEATNMA>
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- Kathy and others in this situation,
-
- I have had this happen several times in the classes I have taught. First,
- it is extremely important that the student actually took the exam - especially
- if it is in a large class. Most of the time this resolved the problem.
- However, if you absolutely know the student took the test and you somehow
- misplaced it IMHO I would award the student an A, there is no other way you
- could be fair to the student. Of course the problem then arises when the rest
- of the class finds out about it. In addition I examine other test scores and
- other work handed in. I have been teaching for 2 years now courses from
- introduction to statistics and I have found that undergraduate can be
- exceedingly clever at times. But, if youd know that it was your fault, and
- not some clever trick, then giving an A is the only fair and just approach
- that I know of. Hopefully, this has helped if only a little.
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- Clayton Wells - Arizona State University
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