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Jan 20, 2010
I am trying to determine if this somehow a valid and reliable way of testing, considered acceptable practice, that I am unaware of or if it is highly unusual?
If you have done this yourself, or have any knowledge of why a teacher would do this, I appreciate it if you could share it.
just to be clear, the students were randomly assigned to three person groups, on the day of the test (they did not know they would be tested as a group) and majority apparently ruled.
Am I behind the times? or is the teacher operating outside of normal and acceptable peramitors?
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mama maria - it was a psychology course, Jr level 4 year uni
This was for a 300 level (junior level)psychology class at a 4 year university. My dd complained and is now being allowed to take her own tests, thank god! her "group" earned a low c on the first one, she took the second one by herself and earned a 93, other students are being given the option of working in groups or taking their own quizzes and te...See More
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Maybe they think they are promoting collaboration. Maybe they just want to grade 60% fewer tests. Maybe they think they are somehow replicating the business world.
In any case, it sounds unreasonable. The classroom isn't the bus...See More