http://billso.com/2007/04/03/web-20-library/ Bill Sodeman writes about management, mobile computing and information systems Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:39:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://billso.com/2007/04/03/web-20-library/comment-page-1/#comment-145 billso.com / Scoring vs building Fri, 13 Apr 2007 03:51:49 +0000 http://billso.com/2007/04/03/web-20-library/#comment-145 [...] Students don’t “get” grades. Grades are earned. Part of my job as an instructor is to set up assignments that help me measure a student’s mastery and understanding of course concepts. There were some courses I took as a student in which I learned a lot, but my final grade wasn’t very good. Grades are just one outcome of a graduate education.  As I mentioned on April 3, graduate students must learn how to become lifelong learners in their field of study. The practice of meta-learning takes time to master, and it’s more like building a house than playing a game. [...] […] Students don’t “get” grades. Grades are earned. Part of my job as an instructor is to set up assignments that help me measure a student’s mastery and understanding of course concepts. There were some courses I took as a student in which I learned a lot, but my final grade wasn’t very good. Grades are just one outcome of a graduate education.  As I mentioned on April 3, graduate students must learn how to become lifelong learners in their field of study. The practice of meta-learning takes time to master, and it’s more like building a house than playing a game. […]

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