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2006-10-26 10:33:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
When I was in college, our curves were usually like this: Instead of grading by the standard "100", they graded by the highest grade in the class, or an average of high grades. Sometimes, they would just drop it to a 90. Either way, it gives you extra points!
2006-10-26 10:38:28 · answer #1 · answered by Sweetjrd 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tha means that he grades by percentage not absolute score. So the standard way is to say 90 out of 100 is an A and 80 out of 100 is a B, etc. You know this going into the test. If you get 93 points, its an A. But with a curve the top 10% (or whatever the teacher says) will get an A the next 10% get a B, etc. So if everyone does great and the top 10% got a score of 94 or higher, your score of 93 will get you a B. Or, if everyone does bad and the top 10% get a 82 or higher, you are in luck, a score of 83 is an A; whereas with the standard method it would have been a B. The biggest problem with a curve is that if you are in a group of really smart people, you have to perform much better than if you were in a group of poorer students. The purpose of the curve is to make everyone more competitive, but in reality people justify themselves regardless, so it really doesn't motivate most people.
2006-10-26 17:41:43 · answer #2 · answered by xorosho 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The instructor takes the highest score on the exam, and counts that as 100%. So if the highest score on a test was 94%, then that actually would be considered 100%, therefore each score below that is bumped up the same way... some teachers curve differently, but this is the basic gist of it.
2006-10-26 17:36:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually, this means that your answers are given more weight than the instructor originally intended. Say there was an assignment originally worth 100 points, but it was so difficult that no one scored more than 75 points. 'Grading on a curve' would mean that your instructor would make 75 the highest number of points you could earn, and refigure the grades accordingly.
2006-10-26 17:37:57 · answer #4 · answered by ladytoast17 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means he's comparing you to other students, instead if just considering what you are doing on your own.
The 'curve' says basically that a few students will be exceptionally good, many will be average and a few will be exceptionally bad. He's deciding where you sit on that curve.
2006-10-26 17:38:00 · answer #5 · answered by teef_au 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
average of the class grades.....lowering the standard
2006-10-26 17:35:10 · answer #6 · answered by Diamond in the Rough 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋