I’ve
used TBL the past couple of years and am quite happy with it. My only
major unresolved problem is the procedure for determining final grades.
In
the past I have used the system that Larry suggests in the book—rank
ordering everyone by score and then subjectively determining letter grade break
points. I think this approach results in fair grades for students.
However, it is hard for many students to understand where they stand in class
until the end of the semester. Of course the 90/80/70 doesn’t work
because so much of the score is from group grades. As a result
often poor students can end up with a score over 80.
Any
suggestions?
Vance
H. Fried
Brattain
Professor of Entrepreneurship
Spears
School of Business
Oklahoma
State University
Stillwater,
OK 74078
405.744.8633
405.744.5110
fax