Tales from the First Exam
Gave the first exam today in the gen-ed class.
Of the 37 students enrolled in my class, 32 of them took the exam. That is, only 86% of my class took the exam.
Let's compare this to freshman English. Almost 88% of students pass freshman English. If I want my pass rates to compare favorably to the English department, I'd have to pass every student who took my exam.
Unfortunately, a few students left most of the exam blank. Many others were unable to write the number 28 as the product of prime numbers (one wrote 14+14). Somebody thought that the fraction 5/7 is a prime number. Others were unable to answer the question that I emailed to the class on Wednesday, telling them that it was going to be on the exam.
Makes it hard to pass them.
Of the 37 students enrolled in my class, 32 of them took the exam. That is, only 86% of my class took the exam.
Let's compare this to freshman English. Almost 88% of students pass freshman English. If I want my pass rates to compare favorably to the English department, I'd have to pass every student who took my exam.
Unfortunately, a few students left most of the exam blank. Many others were unable to write the number 28 as the product of prime numbers (one wrote 14+14). Somebody thought that the fraction 5/7 is a prime number. Others were unable to answer the question that I emailed to the class on Wednesday, telling them that it was going to be on the exam.
Makes it hard to pass them.
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