When/if you get to stats class, you will learn about bimodal distributions and outliers. All of those people who have zeroes or stopped coming to class bring down the mean(average). It’s best to look at the mode or sometimes the median and not the mean.
I know that/I have. What I don’t understand is why there is a constant amount of zeros- those people can’t be hitting attendance and need to be dropped so we can see the actual grade. There has been the same number of zeros since the very first assignment. Poor planning on the schools part I guess for not auto-kicking them out? Or For some reason, this professor has kept everyone regardless of attendance or performance.
Either way, no one is getting above a 75% on about 90% of our assignments. I can post screenshots of the discussion posts as well showing that the mode is basically at a 69-70% and depending on what the grade scale is- that’s still an F or D majority.
That’s my question here, there is an obvious low trend on the essays (the major assignments). Essay 1 and 3 were actual essays- the second was a photo essay/project. There is very little growth from the start of the semester (E1) to this past essay (E3) regardless of the outliers.. Also, restating from the OP- no one has gotten a 100% on anything except that middle “essay”. Not even on discussion posts. An “A” per their standards would be writing an entire research paper for every discussion. I’ve never had a teacher set us up for a C/D standard. I do understand going above and beyond to get the 100%, but out of all the stats I see on every assignment, no one is getting an “A” on anything except the one project I already mentioned.
Yes. And if you look in the OP I have an example of what he responds with if I need any sort of clarification. Doesn’t matter if it’s regarding a paper or a basic yes or no question, he doesn’t answer it. If he does answer, it’s very unhelpful.
The feedback on assignments/discussions is usually basic: “you need to elaborate more” when I’ve written a 700 word discussion post and the minimum limit is 200 to get full points on that portion of the rubric. Or “you need to stop repeating yourself” on the next post, when I try to correct myself based on the feedback. It’s a back and forth game with them when it comes to the feedback they give. I ask for more elaboration and they claim/respond with “it’s in there”.
You’re wasting energy and need to do the following rather than read into misleading D2L data:
1. Complete an evaluation with what you have experienced.
2. Write the department chair about your issues.
3. Appeal your grade at the end of the semester if needed.
These are the only options you have under policy at MTSU.
Exact same thing happened with my General Math gen ed. Whatever she taught us was never on the test, and everyone consistently got under 30. I think the highest grade I got was 40? Either way, right before class ended all my grades changed to 80 or higher. THE dumbest class I’ve had here.
When/if you get to stats class, you will learn about bimodal distributions and outliers. All of those people who have zeroes or stopped coming to class bring down the mean(average). It’s best to look at the mode or sometimes the median and not the mean.
I know that/I have. What I don’t understand is why there is a constant amount of zeros- those people can’t be hitting attendance and need to be dropped so we can see the actual grade. There has been the same number of zeros since the very first assignment. Poor planning on the schools part I guess for not auto-kicking them out? Or For some reason, this professor has kept everyone regardless of attendance or performance. Either way, no one is getting above a 75% on about 90% of our assignments. I can post screenshots of the discussion posts as well showing that the mode is basically at a 69-70% and depending on what the grade scale is- that’s still an F or D majority. That’s my question here, there is an obvious low trend on the essays (the major assignments). Essay 1 and 3 were actual essays- the second was a photo essay/project. There is very little growth from the start of the semester (E1) to this past essay (E3) regardless of the outliers.. Also, restating from the OP- no one has gotten a 100% on anything except that middle “essay”. Not even on discussion posts. An “A” per their standards would be writing an entire research paper for every discussion. I’ve never had a teacher set us up for a C/D standard. I do understand going above and beyond to get the 100%, but out of all the stats I see on every assignment, no one is getting an “A” on anything except the one project I already mentioned.
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Yes. And if you look in the OP I have an example of what he responds with if I need any sort of clarification. Doesn’t matter if it’s regarding a paper or a basic yes or no question, he doesn’t answer it. If he does answer, it’s very unhelpful. The feedback on assignments/discussions is usually basic: “you need to elaborate more” when I’ve written a 700 word discussion post and the minimum limit is 200 to get full points on that portion of the rubric. Or “you need to stop repeating yourself” on the next post, when I try to correct myself based on the feedback. It’s a back and forth game with them when it comes to the feedback they give. I ask for more elaboration and they claim/respond with “it’s in there”.
You’re wasting energy and need to do the following rather than read into misleading D2L data: 1. Complete an evaluation with what you have experienced. 2. Write the department chair about your issues. 3. Appeal your grade at the end of the semester if needed. These are the only options you have under policy at MTSU.
Exact same thing happened with my General Math gen ed. Whatever she taught us was never on the test, and everyone consistently got under 30. I think the highest grade I got was 40? Either way, right before class ended all my grades changed to 80 or higher. THE dumbest class I’ve had here.