Originally Posted By: olivant
Originally Posted By: Lilo
Originally Posted By: olivant
Well, it's near the end of the semester and I'm beginning to calculate grades. Some students haven't completed all assignments. Should they flunk the semester for not doing so?


Do you grade on a curve?


No. What you see is what you get.


Well then they should get whatever grade they deserve according to whatever rules you gave them at the beginning of the semester.

It depends on whether your rules allow for not completing all assignments and thus getting a C (ie. someone did all their projects but one) or if your rules made it clear that in order to avoid a D/F they had to do every assignment. Either way as long as they knew what the expectations were ahead of time they shouldn't be surprised.


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