http://myownpirateradio.com/2006/04/24/should-grades-matter/ Oshoma Momoh's personal blog Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:06:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 http://myownpirateradio.com/2006/04/24/should-grades-matter/#comment-202 Oshoma Momoh Wed, 26 Apr 2006 22:44:15 +0000 http://myownpirateradio.com/2006/04/24/should-grades-matter/#comment-202 Thanks for the note Andrew. Totally agree on intra-organization consistency, regardless of the method is used. Let me know when you form a deeper opinion on it. Around graduation time, I guess. :) Thanks for the note Andrew. Totally agree on intra-organization consistency, regardless of the method is used. Let me know when you form a deeper opinion on it. Around graduation time, I guess.

]]> http://myownpirateradio.com/2006/04/24/should-grades-matter/#comment-201 Andrew Cencini Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:33:40 +0000 http://myownpirateradio.com/2006/04/24/should-grades-matter/#comment-201 As you know I'm in grad school now and I've been told by most people that "grades don't matter" - this is a Good Thing because the real problem is not whether grades are useful or not but whether they are applied consistently or not. I've gone from classes that are graded obsessively on a curve, to classes where everyone gets roughly the same grade, to classes where there is no adjustment or fudge whatsoever. You've raised a great question here, and one I am not sure I yet know my own opinion on - other than to say that within an institution, it would be ideal if all grading was done in a uniform fashion (and, if the faculty cannot agree on that particular piece, on a credit/no credit basis). As you know I’m in grad school now and I’ve been told by most people that “grades don’t matter” - this is a Good Thing because the real problem is not whether grades are useful or not but whether they are applied consistently or not. I’ve gone from classes that are graded obsessively on a curve, to classes where everyone gets roughly the same grade, to classes where there is no adjustment or fudge whatsoever. You’ve raised a great question here, and one I am not sure I yet know my own opinion on - other than to say that within an institution, it would be ideal if all grading was done in a uniform fashion (and, if the faculty cannot agree on that particular piece, on a credit/no credit basis).

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