Posted by Tamar on June 18, 2005, at 11:00:05
In reply to Re: I had something graded today » Tamar, posted by rainbowbrite on June 18, 2005, at 3:54:29
> would having the student stand over to the side while you grade it make a difference in the grade you gave? maybe I had sad puppy dog eyes....I dont think i did but I just wonder if he thought omg this girl is an airhead....and gave it to me out of pittyTee hee! I usually grade according to the quality of argument, rather than the student’s appearance, but I can’t speak for your prof!
Seriously, though, I’m sure he doesn’t think you’re an airhead! I don’t know how it works in your institution, but I’m required to grade according to a set of guidelines and then my marking is moderated by an external examiner. If my grades were unfair they would be challenged pretty quickly. The system doesn’t make grading *completely* objective (I think that would be impossible anyway) but the possibility of having to defend my grading removes any temptation to give someone an A out of pity (or any other reason).
> > In other words, if the stduent hasn't answered the question I asked but has answered an equally interesting and relevant question and has done a good job of it, then I'd be prepared to give an A.
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> thats possible, I knew I screwed it up, but I had alot of obvious work put into it...i thinkAnd presumably it was good work, not merely hard work. I’ve seen assignments which show evidence of hard work but don’t necessarily show that the student understands all the issues at stake. Hard work alone won’t get you an A. I’m sure your work was good.
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> I wouldnt be comfortable, but I know i shuold, it was actually really embarrassing because I didnt think 'he' would be grading it, and I thought I would be anonomous, maybe Ill send an email...Yeah, send him an email if you don’t want to speak to him in person. In my view it’s really important to know what the teacher wants to see in an assignment, and where you’ve succeeded in doing what was expected, so you can do it again next time! In this case it seems you didn’t do what was expected even though you did some good work. So you could ask what was expected, and then try to make sure you understand where you departed from the expectation.
I hope he gives you some good feedback!
Tamar
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