Re: Arbitrary Grades?????

[herbgottlieb@juno.com]

On Mon, 13 Oct 97 13:58:43 MDT "Alex. F. Burr" <PHYS010@NMSUVM1.NMSU.EDU>
writes:
> Lab Finals
> I have used lab fuinals for many years. I think they are good. 
> Students
> in general did not like them. They are difficult to administer and
> create but only if you make them true LAB finbals, ie the student MUST
> measure something. If you only test theory or use made up data it is
> not a true lab final.
Another tack that I tried was to have lab questions on  the final exam
that required students to refer to their opened lab notebooks and data
that they recorded. 

Herb Gottlieb from New York City
Where lab work is considered part of physics learning)