Student Expectations Seen as Causing Grade Disputes

Profmom2
Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:37:57 +0000

Extremely interesting…

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Aaron M. Brower, the vice provost for teaching and learning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, offered another theory.

“I think that it stems from their K-12 experiences,” Professor Brower said. “They have become ultra-efficient in test preparation. And this hyper-efficiency has led them to look for a magic formula to get high scores.”

really hits home in Georgia. Hope Scholarship pays full tuition for College in GA if you graduate from HS with a B average and maintain the B in college. Our young people, but probably more so their parents, view this as an entitlement and that the high school and higher ed system must maintain B as the new minimum grade. Parents don’t care whether their kids have learned how to write, how to study, or have a passion to study a particular subject/topic. If the final grade in the course is not a B the instructor has failed, and the parent pays the price: tuition.

Where did the educational system make the turn that our students now believe that their grades are about effort, not mastering the material?

We see it in the Library all the time, no initiative to research a topic. A treasure trove of primary source material at their finger tips - too much effort is involved easier to just pull from the internet. They believe that they have worked hard but there is no quality in their effort.