This is good for classes that are super easy, but bad for classes that are super hard. At least from a students point of view.
If anything, this will make professors more accountable in terms of creating pieces of assessment that accurately measure students knowledge. Instead of the ol' ´whoa, a bunch of kids just failed the only test they get to write this term, so I will magically 'curve the grades to get more kids to pass. or the opposite where too many kids got an A.
Once you have that you can avoid punishing a class that just happens to have a bunch of smart kids or rewarding a class of not so smart kids.
Last edited by ma-skis.com; 06-05-2012 at 08:52 AM.
|