The department has officially agreed to convert the previous quiz marks into bonus points rather than mandatory grade components. This outcome proves that feedback is most effective when it is articulated clearly and collectively. We will watch closely to ensure these adjustments are reflected accurately in the final grading system.
We, the students of RSM's International Business Administration programme together with students from other programmes, believe that the recently introduced scheme of 'pop quizzes' is not effective in terms of achieving its desired outcomes. Because these 'pop quizzes' form 10% of the final grade, this puts extra pressure on the students who have not been successful in passing these quizzes, as it limits their potential final grade and pushes up the grade threshold to pass the course in the first place. Besides, even students who have managed to pass these pop-quizzes are not satisfied, with little or no difference in the attentiveness of the students during the lectures, which is not the case with other lectures. Any such issues should be resolved by alternative means and not by imposing new sensitive schemes.
To resolve this issue, we demand that this scheme to be recalled, and that the MCQ grade forms 100% of our grade. Furthermore, to ensure fairness and value the efforts put so far by the students and professors, we demand that the 'pop-quiz' results be treated as bonus points and added to our final grades in addition to the 100% exam grade. This should not be a problem as there are no other bonus schemes currently associated with the course.
*Please note that those who were unsuccessful in passing the pop-quizzes require an MCQ grade of 6.1 to successfully pass the course with a final grade of 5.5!*
10% for pop quizzes is way too much for a final grade. It causes way too much stress when we already have the main exam. Needs to change.
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Tom Obi
13 years ago
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This whole scheme is garbage. 100% final exam makes way more sense for our grading structure.
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Sophie Vogel
13 years ago
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Ridiculous. Studying for these unexpected quizzes is taking time away from actual important subjects. Just make them bonus points and be done with it.
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Elena Dixon
13 years ago
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Seriously? Pop quizzes dont make people pay more attention. They just make us hate the class more.
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Mark Sloan
13 years ago
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The 6.1 requirement is totally unfair. Why punish us for trying to keep up with the workload? Scrap this.
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Sarah Powell
13 years ago
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Total stress for nothing. Hope they listen to this feedback because the current system is failing us students.
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The department has officially agreed to convert the previous quiz marks into bonus points rather than mandatory grade components. This outcome proves that feedback is most effective when it is articulated clearly and collectively. We will watch closely to ensure these adjustments are reflected accurately in the final grading system.
We, the students of RSM's International Business Administration programme together with students from other programmes, believe that the recently introduced scheme of 'pop quizzes' is not effective in terms of achieving its desired outcomes. Because these 'pop quizzes' form 10% of the final grade, this puts extra pressure on the students who have not been successful in passing these quizzes, as it limits their potential final grade and pushes up the grade threshold to pass the course in the first place. Besides, even students who have managed to pass these pop-quizzes are not satisfied, with little or no difference in the attentiveness of the students during the lectures, which is not the case with other lectures. Any such issues should be resolved by alternative means and not by imposing new sensitive schemes.
To resolve this issue, we demand that this scheme to be recalled, and that the MCQ grade forms 100% of our grade. Furthermore, to ensure fairness and value the efforts put so far by the students and professors, we demand that the 'pop-quiz' results be treated as bonus points and added to our final grades in addition to the 100% exam grade. This should not be a problem as there are no other bonus schemes currently associated with the course.
*Please note that those who were unsuccessful in passing the pop-quizzes require an MCQ grade of 6.1 to successfully pass the course with a final grade of 5.5!*
10% for pop quizzes is way too much for a final grade. It causes way too much stress when we already have the main exam. Needs to change.