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Most instructors in fact do both of these, sometimes on the
same test by
weighting basic skills such that a pass indicates competency while
normative
grades are awarded beyond competency (E.g. - this question
separated my
A's from B's on this exam).
To add to the confusion, some instructors
don't actively discriminate between these kinds of grading.
Even way way way too much already from
Personally I'd like to see teachers undertake criterion-based grading,
with as many repeats as desired to qualify them well.
Too much already from
Dan M
Dan MacIsaac, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy,
Northern AZ
Univ
danmac@nau.edu http://purcell.phy.nau.edu PHYS-L list
owner