Various Teaching Scenarios
The past week we went through teaching Grade 12 courses and the challenges that it may present. We went through a number of scenarios that could (and have happened) within in our courses, and discussed in small groups what we would do in each. They were all very interesting and challenging as each had multiple ways that you could deal with it. For example one scenario was that you heard one of your students was programming his graphing calculator to include his notes and formulas to use on an upcoming test. Some of the possible solutions included having everyone reset their calculators, providing students with a set of calculators instead of letting them use their own, or just keeping a close eye on the student in question. Another possibility would be to try to design the test so that a calculator is not necessary and then not allow the use of calculators.
One of the other scenarios involved a student asking the teacher for an 85% as he needed it for his university applications, while at the moment he only had a 72%. Situations like this can be tough for teachers, because you want your students to succeed and get into the programs that they desire to be in, but at the same time you need to mark fairly to each student. As a result, in this situation I would not raise the student's mark, since there is such a large discrepancy in what he wants and what he has. Also, if you raise his mark you could be letting him into a program over a more deserving student and for this reason too it is tough to raise marks of students when they ask for it. Similar situations can occur if some students don't do well on a test, and ask for a rewrite. Do you let them have a rewrite, is that fair to the other students who were prepared from the start, and is it sending the right message if you let them rewrite whenever they do poorly.
There are many more situations and scenarios that will need to be puzzled over so that a fair and right solution is reached for all.
One of the other scenarios involved a student asking the teacher for an 85% as he needed it for his university applications, while at the moment he only had a 72%. Situations like this can be tough for teachers, because you want your students to succeed and get into the programs that they desire to be in, but at the same time you need to mark fairly to each student. As a result, in this situation I would not raise the student's mark, since there is such a large discrepancy in what he wants and what he has. Also, if you raise his mark you could be letting him into a program over a more deserving student and for this reason too it is tough to raise marks of students when they ask for it. Similar situations can occur if some students don't do well on a test, and ask for a rewrite. Do you let them have a rewrite, is that fair to the other students who were prepared from the start, and is it sending the right message if you let them rewrite whenever they do poorly.
There are many more situations and scenarios that will need to be puzzled over so that a fair and right solution is reached for all.
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