Making the Grade Kurt Wiesenfeld Kurt Wiesenfeld is a physicist who teaches at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. He wrote this essay for the “My Turn” column of the June 17‚ 1996‚ issue of Newsweek. It was a rookie error. After 10 years I should have known better‚ but I went to my office the day after final grades were posted. There was a tentative knock on the door. “Professor Wiesenfeld? I took your Physics 2121 class? I flunked it? I wonder if there’s anything
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Is Grade Retention Beneficial for Students? Is Grade Retention Beneficial for Students? Grade retention‚ also known as “flunking” or being held back‚ is one of the most common ways to raise educational standards. Retention occurs when teachers and administrators and/or parents do not feel the student is ready to be promoted to the next grade due to academic or maturity reasons. The student then has to repeat the previous year until they pass or are prepared for
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Grade retention‚ better known as "staying back"‚ "being held back" or "repeating"‚ has been the topic of much debate within the educational system. The controversy which surrounds this long-standing issue has been reinforced by such topics as the recent endorsement of academic standards. Research indicates that "the rate of retention has increased by approximately 40% in the last 20 years with as many as 15% of all American students held back each year and 30-50% held back at least once before
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and maintaining student grades and records. Everything is done manually. Student information is written on paper forms during enrollment. The registrar prepares a list of official enrolled students and gives copies to the principal and to the teachers. The teachers write down the names of the students in their class records for every subject and section he or she is handling and enters the rating of the students for every grade component. The teachers manually compute the grade of the students using
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Nat Turner’s Rebellion: A Slave Insurrection Nat Turner‚ a slave in Virginia‚ was raised by his mom and dad‚ with the help of his grandmother (whom he was so close to)‚ to be a strong person. He grew up being told that he was made to do something special with his life. Turner once said that he communicated with the Spirit and was told that his wisdom came from God. He felt he was destined to help slaves be free. He would work with the only four people he could trust‚ Hark; Henry; Sam; and Nelson
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There are six nutrients and all of these nutrients are very important to everybody’s health and you cannot live without them. The six nutrients are fruits‚ vegetables‚ dairy‚ grains‚ protein‚ and fats/oils. Fats are the ones that you should of course get the least of and fruits and vegetables are the ones you should get the most of. Grains and proteins are of course also necessary to every body’s health and well being. There are of course healthy and unhealthy ways to get these nutrients‚ but
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transferring of data or information of computed grades of the student on how they performed academically in their different respective subject. On latter days‚ instructors manually computing the grades of their students then input it in computer‚ print it for them to have the hard copy. One is for their own then the other copy for the registrar or dean whom they passed the reports of the grades. But with this grading system‚ they can compute or tabulates the grades of their students computerized‚ easily
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Methods/Procedures To test the original hypothesis‚ six observations were taken at many different times during the day. Observations were taken during the morning‚ mid-afternoon‚ and the evening. The data was collected on four different days. To make sure that the observations would be consistent and accurate‚ two sets of observations were taken around in the same time frame. The location and the weather were constant‚ while the time of day was altered since it was the variable that was being tested
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the darling called of nature seems to have adorned her lavishly by all her beauties and bounties. Our six seasons have contributed much to add to the surpassing beauty of Bangladesh. They have made our land a treasure-trove of bounteous nature. Nowhere in the world are the six season’s so sharply felt as in Bangladesh. Names of seasons: Bangladesh is favorite playground of nature decorated with six seasons. They are: summer‚ rainy season‚ early autumns‚ late autumn‚ winter and spring. They come one
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Associate Level Material Six Dimensions of Health Worksheet Part 1 For each of the following six dimensions of health‚ list at least one characteristic‚ activity‚ belief‚ or attitude that reflects that dimension in your life. Provide a brief explanation with each example. Refer to Ch. 1 in the text for explanations of these dimensions. Physical health: For my physical health I like to go hiking‚ and walking with my son. We live in a rather large apartment building‚ so on nice days we
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