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- From: solman@athena.mit.edu (Jason W Solinsky)
- Newsgroups: sci.math,sci.physics,sci.astro,sci.bio,sci.chem,misc.education
- Subject: Re: 2-dimensional grading system (was Re: What can one do for the bright?)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov8.120506.8598@athena.mit.edu>
- Date: 8 Nov 92 12:05:06 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov5.070342.6288@hsr.no>, onar@hsr.no (Onar Aam) writes:
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- |> What the hell are you guys talking about?(!) This is EXACTLY why I proposed the
- |> 2D grading system in the first place. With today's grading system you only get
- |> one grade which includes both effort and grasp. With this system the employer
- |> wouldn't know whether his employee has brains or not. With a 2D system, however,
- |> the employer gets that vital information.
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- What are YOU talking about? The question that was being addressed is WHY WOULD
- ANYBODY CARE ABOUT THE EFFORT PUT IN CLASSES? It is additonally unclear whether
- A's would go to those people who put in the least effort, or if you would give
- A's to the people who are dumb and couldn't learn it in twice the time that other
- people could, but gave up a social life so they could get an A on the academic
- part.
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- Jason W. Solinsky
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