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Is there a fair way to increase the grade of students who did not do well in exams?
Don't ever do it, because this is fundamentally unfair to every other student you teach
The ideal we strive for as a society is equality of opportunity. We must not mandate equality of outcome - the ...
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Is there a fair way to increase the grade of students who did not do well in exams?
There is a general principle that if you offer any additional opportunity, then it has to be opened to everybody. You can declare pretty much any grading policy in the beginning of the class. My ...
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Is there a fair way to increase the grade of students who did not do well in exams?
Follow your syllabus
Presumably, you gave every student a syllabus at the beginning of the course, and this syllabus outlined standards for grading. The grades you assign at the end of the term ...
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Is there a fair way to increase the grade of students who did not do well in exams?
With respect to considerations of this kind one should reflect on one's information sources. For every student who exhibits to the professor hard work there are other students who have worked just as ...
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