Making the Grade
Keywords:
enforcing policies, assigning grades, flexible, caseAbstract
When Rachel, a first year SJ00 teacher is confronted by a difficult decision, she must weigh fairness to all students versus and individual students extenuating circumstances. How flexible should an instructor be with one student without being unfair to the rest of the class? Should a student's personal circumstances be taken into consideration when enforcing policies and assigning grades?
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2011-09-01
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