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"The exam included questions from the lectures" When I was a student I hated this practice from some professors.
I used to do this to put in at least one or two softball questions. It helped to weed out who was paying attention and helped when deciding if someone should get a C or C+.
we have a wide array of students to cater to and better setting expectations and providing challenges at the right level to the right students is something that we hope to iterate on and improve over time.
I think the course was at the right difficulty considering that it was an on-line course targeted towards an audience with different backgrounds and skill levels. In fact, in the forums there were a few people complaining about it being too difficult. Plus a course that is not targeted towards full time students can't really have the same effort levels as one that it is. If the course turns out to be too easy for you…
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I used to do this to put in at least one or two softball questions. It helped to weed out who was paying attention and helped when deciding if someone should get a C or C+.
You shouldn't be grading then. They are not taking a class in Paying Attention, they are taking a class in algorithms. If they know the material, that is what matters. I also cannot stand this practice.
If you're looking for a hard class, Probabilistic Graphical Models might suit better. The staff says that other than a small portion of the homeworks which they couldn't auto-grade, it's the same material as the real course at Stanford, where it's one of the hardest classes in the graduate CS department.
I think the course was at the right difficulty considering that it was an on-line course targeted towards an audience with different backgrounds and skill levels. In fact, in the forums there were a few people complaining about it being too difficult. Plus a course that is not targeted towards full time students can't really have the same effort levels as one that it is. If the course turns out to be too easy for you…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
You shouldn't be grading then. They are not taking a class in Paying Attention, they are taking a class in algorithms. If they know the material, that is what matters. I also cannot stand this practice.
Yeah, look to Bjarne Stroustrup, he gave all of us C++, no questions asked.
I think the course was at the right difficulty considering that it was an on-line course targeted towards an audience with different backgrounds and skill levels. In fact, in the forums there were a few people complaining about it being too difficult. Plus a course that is not targeted towards full time students can't really have the same effort levels as one that it is. If the course turns out to be too easy for you…
I suppose one option would be to also have optional homework for those seeking additional challenge?