The Old Pro asked me to post this to see what others have to say about the
50% question. I will be interested also.
Wayne,
If you like, you have my permission to post this response
on the mathedcc listserv. Let's see what other educators
say to the question below.
The Old Pro
At 10:49 AM 8/4/1997 -0600, you wrote:
>
>>Is this too generous?; that is, is 50% = D too high
>>of a grade to give a high schooler who neatly copies
>>each problem, shows some of the work steps on 20 of
>>the problems, and gets 5 problems totally correct?
>>
>
>
>Yes!
>
>wayne
>
Wayne F. Mackey
Univ. of Arkansas
SCEN #301
Fayetteville, AR 72701
wmackey@comp.uark.edu
http://comp.uark.edu/~wmackey
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