I'm with you, Dr. Diane! Our voice majors at Elizabethtown College follow this pattern as well. How often has it happened that my very best students who have worked prodigiously the whole semester and wind up sick or, especially in Spring semester juries, suffering terribly from their allergies/sensitivities ro are simply exhausted from the trials and tribulations of finals week. Of course their juries don't reflect their abilities. Hence the 10 percent grade factor at our school as well. Phyllis
"DIANE M. CLARK (MUSIC DEPARTMENT)" wrote:
> Jeff wrote: > > >>Sadly, also, jury grades still tend to be based more on talent than > on preparation. At UNT the jury grde is 75 % of the semester grade. > Again, I can't legislate that the faculty give better grades to > students who are well-prepared, but less talented and vice-versa. > > Herein lies the problem. More weight should be given to regular and per- > sistent good work than to the final exam. (Ours counts only 10%.) Knowing > the iffy nature of vocal performance, it is not fair if someone has a cold > on exam day that his entire semester of good work be down the tubes! > Neither is it fair for someone who has goofed off the whole time to be able > to save his ..... at the last minute. You are the vocal coordinator, aren't > you? Can't you agitate for a new grading policy? > > |\ Dr. Diane M. Clark, Assoc. Prof./Chair of Music Dept., Rhodes College > | 2000 N. Parkway, Memphis, TN 38112, 901-843-3782, dclark@r... > () http://gray.music.rhodes.edu/musichtmls/faculty/dclark.html >
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