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 > To: [log in to unmask] > 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. > > > > > > -- > > > > Herb Coleman,Director Instructional Computing and Technology > > Adjunct Professor of Psychology Austin Community College > > Highland Business Center > > 5930 Middle Fiskville Rd. > > Austin, TX 78752 > > [log in to unmask] > > 512-223-7746 > > ************************************************* > > “I, and every other professor on this campus, are here to help you t > > o find, take back, and keep your righteous mind.” > > ---Professor Melvin Tolson from the motion picture "The Great > > Debaters" > > ************************************************* Dr. Anna Rubin Director, Certificate Program in Contemporary American Music University of Maryland/Baltimore County 410-455-3190 umbc.edu/music