🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 8 months agoAnon studies Organic Chemistrysh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1545
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minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoUsually if everyone gets high scores, a curve isn’t used. The curve is only used if most people score poorly to make up for a bad exam or something.
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoYou still “need” people to fail, so
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoNo, you don’t. That’s not how a curve works, the curve merely improves scores. If a curve would lower scores, it’s not used.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoDo you have more details? Because I’ve never heard of a curve being used to hurt students in a class, only to help make up for a bad exam.
Usually if everyone gets high scores, a curve isn’t used. The curve is only used if most people score poorly to make up for a bad exam or something.
You still “need” people to fail, so
No, you don’t. That’s not how a curve works, the curve merely improves scores. If a curve would lower scores, it’s not used.
Not what they did for us.
Do you have more details? Because I’ve never heard of a curve being used to hurt students in a class, only to help make up for a bad exam.