The Last Poster Wins! [v21]

[Neo Emolga]

Honestly if I was a professor I'd try to make my class as easy as possible. I wouldn't make it a joke but I get that people have other classes too so I would try to take that into consideration when it came to assignments and I'd accommodate situations as best I could. I'd also offer extra credit where I could because I get not everyone is a skilled test taker and the students that are dedicated will go the extra mile for it. I'd even try to cancel class every once in a while to give my students a break.

Yeah, that's other biggie. Professors, your class is not the only one students are taking! So many of them think "oh, this isn't that much homework." But if you multiply that by five times for the number of classes most people take in a semester, yes, it DOES become a lot of homework.

I wouldn't be big on exams either, if at all. People have to work with the knowledge to really retain it, not just memorize it, regurgitate it all over the exam, and then never think about the stuff again after they walk out the door. And extra credit is nice, especially for those who might have had the wrong approach at the beginning of the class but now know what they're supposed to do. If they're willing to put in the extra time and effort to make up for a few rookie mistakes, that should be commended and rewarded.

[Noblejanobii]

Yeah, that's other biggie. Professors, your class is not the only one students are taking! So many of them think "oh, this isn't that much homework." But if you multiply that by five times for the number of classes most people take in a semester, yes, it DOES become a lot of homework.

I wouldn't be big on exams either, if at all. People have to work with the knowledge to really retain it, not just memorize it, regurgitate it all over the exam, and then never think about the stuff again after they walk out the door. And extra credit is nice, especially for those who might have had the wrong approach at the beginning of the class but now know what they're supposed to do. If they're willing to put in the extra time and effort to make up for a few rookie mistakes, that should be commended and rewarded.

What I'd probably do when it came to exams and assessments would be like a combination of what one of my teachers did in middle school, what another did in high school, and what one of my professors now. I'd probably have a quiz every week to be able to help boost your grade up if you screw up, but it'd pretty easy, like if you listened in class you can pass it. It would definitely have a bonus question on it that would be a little harder but not too much so. And whatever homework we did that week could be used on the quiz. As for tests, they'd be completely open note and open book. My law teacher in high school used this method and he saw vast improvement amongst his student's grades when he used this method, so obviously it's effective.

In addition, when it came to electronics in class, as long as you aren't like obviously not following along, then you're fine. You wanna text in class? Go for it, just don't make really obvious. Record my lecture? Sure, I don't see why not. Type your notes? It's faster than writing in my opinion. I'd also post my notes/powerpoints where my students could access them at the end of like say each week? It'd be after the quiz so they couldn't slip the powerpoint notes in for the open homework quizzes but they could use them on the tests. And if a student emailed me saying they are going to miss class then I'd send them that day's notes so they can see what they missed.