A new grading format

Re: A new grading format

by Itamar Tzadok -
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1) Suppose you have three difficulty levels K, L, M and 10 assignments in each level such that K assignments require K skills, L assignments require K+L skills, and M assignments require K+L+M skills. Now, a student may select any subset of assignments from the 30 and depending on the points system, the selection with the student performance will determine the number of points earned and the final grade. Completing all and only M assignments successfully may be enough for a grade A. But since M assignments depend on the preceding categories it may be wiser to attempt some assignments in each category in order. That's part of the learning. A mix of assignments from all categories should also be enough for a grade A. Some students will do less, other more. But its their decision. At any rate it simplifies the grading scheme because then all the assignments are available to everyone although not necessarily all at the same time and the total is the sum.

2) You can use scales. So a scale may be 1000,2000,3000,.... In the grade book the real values of the scale are integers 1,2,3,.... You should be able to use the multiplicator in the grade item to shift these real values to the thousands.

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