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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I kept a running tally all semester of how many times I had to tell each student to get off their phone, put headphones away, get off youtube or games, etc.  Last week I checked to see which students would fall a percentage point short of the next higher semester grade.  Students who had less than 3 strikes, I made sure I found that extra percentage point somewhere in their MP2 grade and bumped them up.

Is it fair to the student who barely missed an A but had a phone addiction? Maybe not.  Do I care? Nope.  Sometimes it pays to follow the rules[/quote]

Teacher here. I like this approach. I bumped up a few kids who were on the edge of a higher grade if they actively engaged in class (asked and answered questions consistently, etc.,) and a few who showed strong effort and a genuine interest in learning [/quote]

Do you just give them a higher grade than deserves on assignments? Because extra credit is not allowed under the grading regulation.[/quote]

Yes.  A 18 out of 20 becomes a 19.  A 45 out of 50 becomes a 47.  I'm not giving an A on an assignment to a kid who originally had a D or anything like that.[/quote]

That's wrong.

I'm a college professor and if I bump one person I bump everyone. It's too easy to harm students with subjectivity by adding points after the fact, just because you want to (they were nice, they talked in class, they came to class). I'm disappointed to hear this is happening. It seems ripe for abuse and easier for privileged kids to get better grades because they "show" better. [/quote]

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