My teacher said he might grade on a curve. How exactly does that mean? Is it good or bad?
2007-01-22 03:45:58 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Great academic answers all. Unfortunately its a means to help push the under achievers along through the graduation process.
Today everything is numbers, the more graduating keeps the system running.
2007-01-22 04:19:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the highest score in the class is a 95, they get 100 and the rest of the class adds 5 to their grade. If you made an 80, you now have an 85 and so on. That is one way to curve a grade, but there are many ways.
2007-01-22 03:51:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means grading in comparison to the rest of the class instead of giving an A for getting 95% or more of the questions right, a B for 90 to 95% right, etc. Grading on a curve allows the teacher to reward the pupils who do better than most to do well without penalizing them for the wrong answers given due to the fault of the teaching or examining methods.
2007-01-22 03:56:47 · answer #3 · answered by bolichi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its usually good. He will take the person with the highest grade in the class, even if it not what the normal standards of getting a "A" is, he will makes that an "A" and go from there, so it boosts everyones grade up in the class. Sometimes they will also give a wider range on points for each grade of what constitutes an, a,b,c etc. Its usually always good.
2007-01-22 03:51:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's good. If your paper got a B...then grading on the curve would mean he will give you a B+ or even an A-. It just means he's going to be more lenient or your homework/test.
2007-01-22 03:51:17 · answer #5 · answered by mageta8 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grading on a curve means that the grades are normalized, or adjusted, or weighted. Pick your preferred adjective. It can mean different things to different professors, so it's difficult to give a specific answer. You really have to take it on a course-by-course basis, since every professor's curve is different. its all about how lennient your professor wants to be with your grade usual adveraging your grade with another students who may be ont he same level as you
2007-01-22 03:51:17 · answer #6 · answered by hollaatyagirlt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-15 22:42:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its grading in relation to frequency distribution...
which means....students are graded relatively compared to everyone else in class....
for example....if 50% is the highest, 10% the lowest....you get 40%......
>> in relation to normal grading, you get an E possibly.
>> in relation to everyone else, you get B possible, since you are 10% off the highest....
the easy way to look at it is, for example, top 25% gets A, next 20% gets B, and so on, doesnt matter how low or high the marks are....
2007-01-22 03:58:18 · answer #8 · answered by F.V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a good thing. Think of it this way,when you bowl you have a handicap. So basically he is giving every one points to adjust for the test itself. It must have been a hard test for a teacher to do this. I never had that luxury.
2007-01-22 03:52:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋