Educational Grading Models and Personal Responsibility
What do the narratives about different educational grading models and personal responsibility suggest?
How are they reflected in the scenarios provided?
Educational Grading Models and Personal Responsibility
The question provided touches on different educational grading models, comparing individual merit-based systems to a collective grading model where everyone receives the same grade. It also addresses personal responsibility regarding students' performance.
The narratives provided outline two distinct grading models within an educational context. The first narrative about Kelly, Kim, and Tom all getting an A in COM 1000, followed by the blanket statement that 'Everybody gets an A in COM 1000,' suggests a nontraditional, egalitarian approach to grading, perhaps hinting at a critique of a system where grades are not a reflection of individual effort or performance.
The second scenario describes a switch from a traditional, merit-based grading system to a collective, communist model where everyone in the class receives a 'C' due to the class mean being 75%. This is presented as a response to the system of grading founded on competition, quite like the principles at the root of capitalism.
The narrative about Kim failing his history course offers insight into personal responsibility and the factors of student performance. It highlights how blaming external factors, such as a teacher's dislike, can be a misattribution for one's own decisions and efforts towards academic success.
The subject of this question is Social Studies as it involves student grades and the context revolves around a history course and professor. The grade level is High School.