Usually around the last two weeks of classes I start getting a lot of students who are really concerned about their lab grade and what their status is. Although this is understandable I hoped that by laying out a clear syllabus this quarter I could avoid much of this activity.
The difference this quarter is that it seems the students understand what they needed to be doing and are just concerned about whether I noticed that they've been doing it. I also started last quarter making a reminder announcement around mid-quarter to the class of what is expected of them and how the grading is done. I like doing this because it addresses many of the students who approach me in the last two weeks with concerns about how their grade is; by that time it is too late for them to make changes to their grade anyway.
Monday, June 4, 2007
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