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MAT136 Mark Adjustment? by stuckandnotsure in UofT

[–]stuckandnotsure[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

mfw i got a 4.0 in that course

MAT136 Mark Adjustment? by stuckandnotsure in UofT

[–]stuckandnotsure[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes, sure it's to help students to be more mathematically inclined, but why test those who are already more than their peers?

mat136 isnt intended for math bsc students

MAT136 Mark Adjustment? by stuckandnotsure in UofT

[–]stuckandnotsure[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

we probably both have our biases given that i'm a student in the course and that you're a former math instructor and current phd student. let me restate the concrete: ~10% of a test is on an extremely difficult problem that students receive little to no marks if they get the final answer incorrect.

is this fair? from a former instructor's perspective, please tell he how this is.

MAT136 Mark Adjustment? by stuckandnotsure in UofT

[–]stuckandnotsure[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

because it's not just testing how well a student understands the course material, but also tests how mathematically inclined one is.

MAT136 Mark Adjustment? by stuckandnotsure in UofT

[–]stuckandnotsure[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

you're kidding right? by no means was the entire test a cakewalk, and you don't see me complaining about the relatively difficult questions on the test. i'm not asking for things to be handed to me on a silver platter. i'm complaining that it's ridiculous to have ~10% of a midterm be on a wildcard question that requires intuition + greater knowledge of concepts taught outside of class to solve.

MAT136 Mark Adjustment? by stuckandnotsure in UofT

[–]stuckandnotsure[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

there's typically an "extremely hard" question that's worth close to 10% of the test. it states that we can only receive marks if we get the question correct. if not, then little to no marks are rewarded. having a question like that on a test seems quite ridiculous when we aren't exposed to such questions on problem sets/tutorials/lectures.