Re: TIB: Re: Wheee


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Re: TIB: Re: Wheee




Rene Kragh Pedersen wrote:

> Bryan Rabeler wrote:
> [...]
>
> > Nope, thats right.  They want to stop people from just random guessing.
>
> Maybe they should skip on the multiple choice and make a decent test...
> The ones we have present different problems with different point values.
> Let's say one has 20 points. It will usually be split up inot 4-6 parts
> that need to be done, and they will each have a different weight within
> the 20 points.
> If you do the right math but end up with a wrong answer (errore humanum
> est) they will dock you a point, two max!
> If you get it wrong but they can see from your calculations that you
> were thinking the right thing, this might earn you a few points still,
> so it is important to write down everything you think in math terms.
> Another good thing is that if you cast away multiple choice everything
> will be individual, and this is particularly good with our grade system.
> The grades are:
> 00 - not there.
> 03 - BAD!.
> 5 - Failed.
> 6 - Barely made it.
> 7 - below average.
> 8 - average.
> 9 - above average.
> 10 - Very good.
> 11 - Superb/almost perfect/perfect.
> 13 - Above perfect, given for the "unusually good individual
> performance"
>
> As you can see, 13 is for those who do something truly brilliant, like
> my a friend of my big brother's did when he was in High school/college:
> He took the center part of his physics test, the most important part,
> and solved it in two different ways. He then wrote which way was the
> best, and why. (smartass ;-)
>
> --
>           Rene Kragh Pedersen
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> 'How is my lovemaking?
> Unmatched '.

It takes longer to grade that kind of a test than a fill-in-bubble sheet
test.  And with thousands of high schoolers taking this, it would take
forever to get them all graded.

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Bryan Rabeler <brabeler@ticalc.org>
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