What are some interesting grading/curving systems you have seen for a course? - MathOverflow [closed] most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net 2013-05-24T08:44:26Z http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/question/49275 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://mathoverflow.net/questions/49275/what-are-some-interesting-grading-curving-systems-you-have-seen-for-a-course What are some interesting grading/curving systems you have seen for a course? hypercube 2010-12-13T16:29:48Z 2010-12-13T18:36:11Z <p>It seems like every math course has something unique in how things are graded. </p> <p>1) What are some interesting grading systems you have seen/used? (include curving types, etc.)</p> <p>2) What are some pros and cons to this particular system? </p> <p>3) Would you use it again if you have used it yourself?</p> <p>One system for grading a final exam that I recently came across was <a href="http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~kpurbhoo/co630/pageonefinal.pdf" rel="nofollow">this</a>.</p> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/49275/what-are-some-interesting-grading-curving-systems-you-have-seen-for-a-course/49292#49292 Answer by Aaron Meyerowitz for What are some interesting grading/curving systems you have seen for a course? Aaron Meyerowitz 2010-12-13T18:36:11Z 2010-12-13T18:36:11Z <p>I recall $10\sqrt x$ at the Hebrew University.</p>