tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post3527824425346883429..comments2023-10-29T10:40:34.638-04:00Comments on A CS Professor's blog: The mustard seed approach to gradingClaire Mathieuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10957755706440077623noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post-20158231730523658272012-02-12T00:37:40.228-05:002012-02-12T00:37:40.228-05:00If the space of solutions is compact, then a stude...If the space of solutions is compact, then a student can (in theory) densely cover it and get the full mark without knowing the right answer himself/herself. Some complexity control is needed.<br />(:SoloGennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post-25435715783471741832012-02-11T16:09:58.284-05:002012-02-11T16:09:58.284-05:00The other day, in an exam, I had a situation simil...The other day, in an exam, I had a situation similar to the following scenario.<br />Question: how much is 2+2?<br />Student's answer: 4 because the Earth is flat.<br />How do you evaluate such things? They know the answer to the question but it is obvious that something is deeply wrong...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post-23088151769906682492012-02-11T07:38:59.168-05:002012-02-11T07:38:59.168-05:00I like the mustard seed approach that you take, bu...I like the mustard seed approach that you take, but I have my worries. A student might make it a habit to present two versions for each problem where he/she is a bit unclear. What then?John Augustinehttp://www.cse.iitm.ac.in/~augustinenoreply@blogger.com