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Re: Aims of a Freshamn Physics Course




In terms of worrying about your pass rate, and as someone else suggested,
you have to be realistic about what students can do. Exams should cover
a spectrum of approaches, from the extremes of plug and chug to
answering abstract problems which require multiple steps.

Thenm, those who can only regurgitate material (or who INSIST)
on doing that and nothing else) walk away with Cs and B-s, while those
who make the extra effort or have more ability end up with
B+s and As. That seems fgair to me.

But i think that there is a real danger about interpreting the phrase,
"being reasonable." I once worked at a school where the attitude is
Students have trouble with that type of reasoning, so you shouldn't
ask it of them' when of course that's the very reason why you SHOULD
ask it of them!

db