I feel that "extra" credit is unfair to those who put forth the effort to do well in the class. It allows those who "slack off" in class the opportunity "catch up" with those students who did well in the first place. Besides, if someone does 100% AND does the extra credit, how can that person get more than 100%? 101%? A++? 4.01 GPA? Extra Credit = Bad Idea

Other than on the last day of the course(s) you teach, how many times do you share the cumulative scores with your students to let them know their status? Why is this of benefit to you and/or your students?

When a students is absent for an exam,it's a good idea to give them a different axam than the original,to keep them honest.....

I have found that testing the students is not only necessary to understand what they have learned but during my early days I noticed that if I missed or didn't cover a segment properly, the majority of the class would miss answer that particular question. Now when I teach a new class subject I pay close attention to any answers that are missed by the students. This lets me know I need to reevaluate my presentation.

Testing; there has to be a base line of evaluation. Without evaluation we may not determine if the student has the understanding of the material needed to move forth. Although some times the testing might need to be more of hands on test verse a written test because of learning styles. Learning style and testing style do carry hand in hand.

as a new (instruter/teacher) i'm finding it very difficult creating quizzes and test for my students. i'm teaching film making. cinematography/lighting. the problem is i have students who forge ahead on their computors and digital cameras without learning the fundamentals of basic filming and lighting. they will fail quizzes but produce some great short videos. i need all the input i can get. i've been making award winning films for 50 years. bill

My school has approved a new attendance policy and there is part of it that I don't agree to. We are required to add 2 percentage points to a student's final overall grade if they didn't miss a single class and 1 percentage point if they only missed 1 class all term. Any opinions?

OK I may be old fashioned on this but if you have a group f students and they all fail an exam it is not their fault but yours. I look at quizzes as a measuring device for me more than for the students. If the majority of the students failed the quiz then i have let them down by not educating them in a way that they understand. So i need to regroup and rethinh the way i covered the material not the exam. Just my thoughts

When creating a test or quiz, I find it important to always ask myself if the questions are relevant. By asking, "is this important", this helps me to create a test that is meaningful and valuable.

i think consistency should be a priorty to a teacher's grading system. i treat all my students the same and all are on an even kiel. that is to say i'm consistent and let them know that everyone has the same opportunity to learn their tasks at hand and earn the marks they deserve. i don't pass or fail, they do.

In 99% of my classes, all of my papers and assignments have been graded with percentages. I am used to getting 95-100% on all of my papers and assignments. In one class I had recently, though, I got something back and I had a 40 on it! Imagine my panic and confusion! When I emailed the instructor about it, she explained that the assignment was worth 40 points, so essentially I got 100%. I didn't understand her logic at switching from the format that everyone had been used to, all thru their program at this school. Some items were worth 5 points, some 50, it was just ridiculous and hard to follow. I never knew where I stood. Therefore, I think it is very important for an instructor to follow te same grading format that is standard at the school. Otherwise, it just causes unnecessary confusion.

Testing the students, either by choice questions or by an arrange of different types of testing.

The hardest thing is to show your students that the grading system the you have is fair and balanced.

Exams should be qualitative. Try to aviod trick questions and play on words questions. This only discredits your intentions.

Grading is done with the students being in charge of their own destiny while testing is the responsibility of the instructor to cover the course material in a manner the students can fully comprhend.

grading evaluations is set to a standard sent by H-D

The biggest problem is having a grading system that works for everybody.

make sure you give feedback to each student if they did well or not

the task doesn't matter easy or hard stress that the procedure, the safety facter, the correct use of tools, the correct time frame,all lab partners participating equally this is the difference in one students grade over the other