Comment Re:I KNEW IT!! (Score 1) 881
This seems like a good idea implemented in a very bad way to me.
The idea is simple, they are trying to avoid the situation where doing badly in one test means that you can't pass the course unless you get 100% in the second. And this is a real problem, i had courses where your final mark was based 100% on the final exam and i hated them because there was no coming back.
But their seems to be a much more effect solution to this problem to which avoids all of the obvious pitfalls the of minimum 50% mark.
*drum roll*...... Make the final mark dependent upon for evaluations.... *stark silence as the crowd is dumb struck*
My preferred make up for evaluations was 2 tests and 2 projects, 25% each. This was simply because i was much better at projects.
But it obviously solves the original problem since even if you get 0 in one assignment you are still capable of getting 75% and if you manage to get 0 in 2 evaluations, do they really deserve to pass.
I do see merit in the improvement based scaling as well.
But their seems to be a much more effect solution to this problem to which avoids all of the obvious pitfalls the of minimum 50% mark.
*drum roll*...... Make the final mark dependent upon for evaluations.... *stark silence as the crowd is dumb struck*
My preferred make up for evaluations was 2 tests and 2 projects, 25% each. This was simply because i was much better at projects.
But it obviously solves the original problem since even if you get 0 in one assignment you are still capable of getting 75% and if you manage to get 0 in 2 evaluations, do they really deserve to pass.
I do see merit in the improvement based scaling as well.
