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Andy Resnick replied to the thread Prof. Verschure's thin section collection from the Fen and Hor localities.Best guess- strongly altered (fenitized?) trachyandesite (QAPF zone 8b), Fen Complex. The black smudge on the left side is an artifact... -
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Andy Resnick replied to the thread Absolute versus relative grading for STEM: fairness and student motivation.I guess I misunderstood what you meant in post #33 (boldface mine): "The goal is standardization and courses meeting requirements to...
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Andy Resnick replied to the thread Absolute versus relative grading for STEM: fairness and student motivation.But that's already in place (at least in the state of Ohio). My question is: why you want *additional* uniformity on top of what is...
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(Qualifier: My first 40 years of teaching high school physics and chemistry was at a private high school that did not give grades on... -
Andy Resnick replied to the thread Absolute versus relative grading for STEM: fairness and student motivation.I don't. Intro labs are not experiments and they don't need support from lectures. Students have never complained to me (either in...
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Andy Resnick replied to the thread Absolute versus relative grading for STEM: fairness and student motivation.The courses already meet requirements, so what's the real motivation for "standardization"? See my post #13.
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Andy Resnick replied to the thread Absolute versus relative grading for STEM: fairness and student motivation.Yes- in our program, the labs are entirely separate- separate instructors, separate grading, no correlation between enrollment in a...
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Andy Resnick replied to the thread Absolute versus relative grading for STEM: fairness and student motivation.I mean the second- for example, each semester we have approximately 200 students enrolled in Intro Physics I (PHY 221 is the course...
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Andy Resnick replied to the thread Absolute versus relative grading for STEM: fairness and student motivation.Never mind generations- there are significant differences in preparation/knowledge/curiosity within a single classroom. It's trivially...
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Andy Resnick replied to the thread Absolute versus relative grading for STEM: fairness and student motivation.One issue I am increasingly concerned about is when there are multiple sections (instructors) for a single course. There is external...
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I have never tried tilt-shift myself, but hopefully I will one day. :smile:
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Andy Resnick replied to the thread Absolute versus relative grading for STEM: fairness and student motivation.I think it's worth pointing out that (at least in my experience as a university STEM educator) that we instructors receive no guidance...
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Andy Resnick replied to the thread Random Photos.Even though I just got one of these adapters and I'm still learning how to use it, it's too cool not to share. Someone(s) figured out...
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Andy Resnick replied to the thread Prof. Verschure's thin section collection from the Fen and Hor localities.Skarnoid (altered rhomb porphyry; foid-bearing trachyandesite QAPF zone 8b), Fen complex. Leucocratic rock. Groundmass of subparallel...
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The view from down by the lake yesterday while sitting in the shade of the tree on the left. Temperature 80 deg F (27 C). I saw 14...
