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“Grade Inflation Gone Wild” by Stuart Rojstaczer discusses how the grading system has changed over the years. Rojstaczer overall purpose it to call to action by first persuading his readers why it is necessary to stop grade inflation. He argues that “changes in grading have had a profound influence on college life and learning.” He utilizes tools such as rhetorical situations and appeals to persuade his audience. For instance, Rojstaczer implements data to prove how the grading system has changed

What you see before you are my final grades from the past two semesters. While I know you 're concerned with the letters and numbers, rest assure that these are about as insightful as an Instagram photo. My first semester of freshman year, for the most part, went by without much of a hiccup. I was able to coast by with the same mindset towards learning I carried in high school, and I finished with a 3.30 GPA. Afterward, my second semester was what lead me to buckle down. I realized that I would need

In the article, “Where All Grades Are Above Average” written by Stuart Rojstaczer, he discusses how college grades are becoming increasingly higher and gives several possible reasons for the practice known as grade inflation. As a professor at Duke and Stanford Universities, Rojstaczer details his personal experiences with grade inflation as well as a brief history of the topic. Although, he believes that grade inflation is wrong he chooses to participate in the practice because he says giving

Proficiency Essay Grades have always played a major role in whether the student is successful or not. Deciding whether one's moves on in life or has to fix/finish. If one does not make the right grades they can put their future at stake. But are grades necessary to have in education? Personally, I prefer letter grades because I am capable of viewing the what I have which allows me to know whether I should work harder in the class or keep doing what I am doing. Having grades gives a kinda comfort

OUTLINE Title: Should a student 's grade in gym affect his overall grade point average? Purpose: To convince the audience that, a grade of gym should not be counted, as it might affect overall grade for majority of students. I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention Graber: How many of you are interested in gym class? And if you are then, should gym class should be included in GPA for grading? B. Thesis: Grade of gym class should not be counted in overall grade point average for students. C. Qualification:

Case Study 11: Should a Computer Grade Your Essays? The case study discusses the April 2013 launch of Harvard/MIT’s joint venture MOOC (massively open online course) essay scoring program, utilizing AI (artificial intelligence) technology to grade educational essays and short answers, with immediate feedback and ability to revise, resubmit, and improve grades. In 2012, a group of colleagues, Les Perleman, Mark Shermis, and Ben Hamner, introduced over 16,000, K7-12 standardized school tests to

Grade 1 – The resource selected to effectively support the recognition and classification of 2D and 3D shapes is a maths game ‘Kangaroo Hop’ accessed from Math Playground (URL http://www.mathplayground.com/ASB_Kangaroo_Hop.html). The game can have up to 4 players and the aim is to be the first to reach the end. To win, a player must correctly identify the shape that comes up at the bottom of the screen and ‘hop’ onto it. For example, if the word sphere comes up, the student must correctly identify

Observation of Student While observing the students in my classroom, I focused on how engaging and motivated they were. The eighth graders at Pine Forest did not have a good seventh grade math teacher, so the students are very behind. They know that they are behind because Mrs. McLamb tells them all the time. Instead of it discouraging them, it motivated the students to want to learn. They know that they must catch up, so I saw the students trying their best to stay focused and be engaged. I noticed

“Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto In 7th grade Literature, we read the short story “Seventh Grade” about Victor who tries to be someone he is not just to impress a girl. What kinds of things do students in seventh grade at MMS do to impress other people (and not just someone of the opposite sex)? Tell me three things that you or other peers do to try to impress others and explain each one. * The things that student would do to impress someone at MMs. they would dress nice, get there hair or nails done

The article “Why You Shouldn’t Pay Children for Grades” was written by Amy McCready. McCready explains that parents should “inspire a love of learning, cultivate good habits and allow children to plot their own course, they will truly flourish.” Throughout the article McCready provides reasons that serve as evidence for this main idea. McCready explains that school is not just about grades, but also about how well children develop key skills for later in their life. Also, McCready explains that children