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| Mar 7, 2018 at 16:56 | history | edited | Gorchestopher H | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 7, 2018 at 16:23 | comment | added | Gorchestopher H | @JudyOakley In chat it was boiled down to a difference of opinion. Some feel it is cruel to treat classes at different levels differently. If you feel this way, then I'd recommend against test corrections. Test corrections will not exist throughout their entire academic career, and if you can't ween the students off, then stay away. You do need a way to encourage students to learn concepts they they are deficient in, this does not have to be in the form of test corrections. | |
| Mar 7, 2018 at 13:14 | comment | added | Java Jive | Thank you @GorchestopherH for your response. I agree with a lot of what you say. I try to walk the thin line of being kind to my students and developing relationships with them, while at the same time preparing them for the harsh realities of life in secondary education. I also do not think this constitutes treating them badly, nor do I think this in any way implies that college/university professors are monsters. I know you guys took this to the chat room, so if you have a response I'll be glad to join you there. | |
| Mar 6, 2018 at 18:17 | comment | added | Gorchestopher H | @Buffy I can continue in chat, but I'd like to state that I don't believe anything I'm suggesting, nor the OP's current test practices constitutes treating them badly. | |
| Mar 6, 2018 at 17:59 | comment | added | Buffy | Perhaps, but treating them badly (IMO) now so that they will be prepared to be treated badly later doesn't seem like the best solution. There must be a better way. However, our chat room is a better place for this kind of discussion: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/59174/the-classroom | |
| Mar 6, 2018 at 17:45 | comment | added | Gorchestopher H | @Buffy To the unprepared student, the harsh reality of most post-secondary credit systems will hit like a train. Students regularly fail and drop out of university courses taught by the most benevolent, most talented, least-monstrous professors possible because they will ill prepared, and didn't take their tests seriously. | |
| Mar 6, 2018 at 17:11 | comment | added | Buffy | Hmmm. We college/university teachers may not, in fact, be the monsters you seem to imply we are. I also think that students in their future will tend to value those who show human qualities rather than keeping strictly to rules that have no exceptions (robot qualities). Yes, I was seen as a very demanding teacher, but I was, at least after I learned to be, always kind and understanding. I don't, however, disagree with all you say here. | |
| Mar 6, 2018 at 16:52 | history | edited | Gorchestopher H | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 6, 2018 at 16:32 | history | answered | Gorchestopher H | CC BY-SA 3.0 |