Molly, when do you allow students to make that final exam decision -
Anna Rubin
On Jun 15, 2009, at 11:41 AM, Molly Espey wrote:
> I like the idea of a comprehensive final to assess at the end.
> I've seen enough students who can do decently on RATs but don't do
> that well on application or deeper understanding of the material.
> These students might also be "good" teammates, active, taking on a
> recorder or facilitator role, or something that garners them high
> teammate evaluations, but they don't have an A level of
> understanding of the material. A comprehensive final will assess
> that. Just one more piece of the assessment, in my opinion.
>
> On the other hand, I've seen enough students who do pretty poorly
> on RATs but much better over time learning to apply the material.
> Sometimes they really pull it all together by the end of the
> semester. I allow students who perform better on the final exam
> than they do on the midterm exams in my intro course to replace all
> exam scores with the final exam score. This does not encourage
> slacking off, as few students would be willing to place so many
> eggs in one basket.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Molly Espey
> Department of Applied Economics and Statistics
> 263 Barre Hall
> Clemson University
> Clemson, SC 29634
> (864) 656-6401
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sandy Cook
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> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 10:49 AM
> Subject: Re: Midterms and finals.
>
> And a follow-up question, how many are willing to give up the midterms
> and finals and go with just the tbl scores? One of our faculty members
> believes in this such that he feels that with our 20 week course, that
> has 40 tbl session( 2/week) and variations of Irat &/or grat combos
> there is more than enough information to know how well the students
> are doing.
>
> Sandy Cook,
> Duke-NUS
>
> On Jun 15, 2009, at 10:38 PM, "Herb Coleman" <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > For those who give them, can you tell me how your mid-term and final
> > exams differ from your iRATs and T-RATs. I'm considering going with
> > a midterm and final instead of my usual term paper.
> >
> >
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Dr. Anna Rubin
Director, Certificate Program in Contemporary American Music
University of Maryland/Baltimore County
410-455-3190
umbc.edu/music
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