How do you know you are grading your students fairly? Do your students grades reflect your performance as a teacher? What can you learn about your students’ learning from the class grade distribution? College Student Grade Distributions You say… Read More
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For some time now I have pondered how can I succinctly share best practices for writing test questions. Some day I will figure this out. Perhaps yet this year. For now, I want to refer you to an article posted by Indiana University – How to Write… Read More Recently, four people found Adjunct Assistance with the search phrase “advice for dealing with grade appeals,” which prompted me to write this article. The best advice I can give for dealing with grade appeals is stick to the facts. … Read More A College Instructor’s Guide to Avoiding Grade Appeals At many colleges student have due process rights. Among those rights is the right to appeal their grades. If you have not been involved in a formal grade appeal, good for you. If you want… Read More Some College Math Students Don’t Add Up Many college students – heck many people in general – are math phobic. The way many university bachelor’s seeking students deal with this angst is interesting. If you are teaching a math course at a… Read More What College Students Don’t Like In February, I posted an article entitled Is It Wrong to Grade on Class Participation? In that article I pointed out the importance of clarifying class participation expectations and giving students feedback. … Read More No, not unless you do it like a former adjunct of mine. He was a motivated and passionate instructor who had retired from a successful career in industry and was now teaching college science courses on a part-time basis. What he did, or… Read More Just Give Them What They Deserve. Right? Few things seem to trouble new adjuncts more than developing their grading policy. As dean I am sometimes asked things like how many tests to give and whether extra credit is appropriate. If your… Read More |
You will definitely like this! You might be a redneck college teacher if ... No. 13: the last time you posted your notes online, students complained because you hung them right next to your wet Long Johns.
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