tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362150186602010918.post624346540000928117..comments2024-02-04T12:24:28.815-07:00Comments on Why Aren't You Studying?: The Universal Grade Change FormKarsten A. Loepelmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444048964547117014noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362150186602010918.post-69422333215103212402016-03-23T11:10:26.630-06:002016-03-23T11:10:26.630-06:00Dr. A,
If I've made a mistake in marking, I wi...Dr. A,<br />If I've made a mistake in marking, I will change a student's mark. It happened this term--I completely missed something that a student had written in a short-answer question. She pointed it out to me and I happily upped her mark.<br /><br />Multiple choice exams are a bit different. As I wrote in <a href="http://whyarentyoustudying.blogspot.ca/2016/03/on-being-picky.html" rel="nofollow">On Being Picky</a>, there may be disputes about correct answers. If a student can <a href="http://whyarentyoustudying.blogspot.ca/search?q=free+marks" rel="nofollow">support their choice</a>, I will give them a mark. This does require some effort, beyond just coming to my office and arguing a point.<br /><br />In other cases, though, students have not performed how they expected to, and they try trolling for marks. I'm not going to change a student's mark just because they didn't like it, and want to get a higher mark--there's no point to marking if that's going to happen.Karsten A. Loepelmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05444048964547117014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362150186602010918.post-12085152418915507762016-03-22T22:46:20.732-06:002016-03-22T22:46:20.732-06:00Looking through your old posts because as the blog...Looking through your old posts because as the blog implies, I'm putting off studying for my chem 363 exam, I was wondering if you've ever changed the grade of someone who came to you and asked for it? (For any one or more of these reasons, or possibly some good reasons.)Dr. A (not dre. srry)noreply@blogger.com