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From: junkmail@moreira.mv.com (Alberto C Moreira)
Subject: Re: Grading
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In article <333eaf6a.3253758@news.csuohio.edu>, scott@math.csuohio.edu (Brian M. Scott) wrote:
>On Sat, 29 Mar 1997 17:11:23 -0500, TRM <Diogenes@kear.tdsnet.com>

>For example, I awarded two As in
>abstract algebra last term.  They were earned by virtue of strong
>performances in the course I was teaching, but those performances were
>possible only because those two students were the only ones in the
>class with a real command of earlier material.  Indirectly I was
>grading long-term retention as well as present performance.

This is a problem with grading, I'm often bothered by it. When we grade 
a course, we cannot avoid the fact that we're also grading the student's 
retention of previous courses; my intuition is that it's hard, specially 
in science or mathematics, to get a good grade in a discipline without 
being just as competent with the prerequisites.

Alberto.

