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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If we accept the premise that doing the assignments is part of the learning process, and that learning improves when students do the assignments, the value to this is obvious.  In a system where not turning something in be the original due date means you get a zero no matter what, there is no incentive for a student who misses the original due date to ever do the assignment because they get a zero either way, and that student then misses the educational value of the assignment.  Allowing partial credit for work turned in after the due date but before the deadline means a student who misses the due date for whatever reason still has an incentive to completely the assignment, and thus to get the educational value of the assignment. If the goal is education, why wouldn’t we want a system that incentivizes learning?[/quote]

Because the student could also be completing the assignment AND meeting the deadline/due date, whatever you call it.  [/quote]

But what happens when they miss it?  Sometimes that happens, especially if a student is struggling with an assignment and don’t get it done in time, or simply get the due dates confused.  This will happen at times, and it’s not in the student’s best interest to discourage them from making up the work. [/quote]

They will get a bad grade on an assignment, and despite the angst exhibited by many of you, their life will turn out OK.[/quote]

That can already happen under the current policy. [/quote]

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