18 down, 22 to go.

[rebeccmeister]

I am approaching the midway point in grading my students' first lab reports for the semester. Overall, the process is going well. I'd chalk that up to the fact that I required that they hand in drafts one week before the final reports were due, and then I gave them near-instantaneous feedback so they could revise for their final versions (a bit of extra work on my part, but worth it in the long run). Only one pair of students has clumsily attempted to paraphrase each other so far. It's still quite hard to get myself to focus on the grading, but a ready supply of sugar has helped. Or so I'd like to believe. I have a lot of snacks lying around the house all of a sudden.

Also: roasted figs stuffed with goat cheese and drizzled with honey are absolutely heavenly. They're also quite simple to make.

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[sytharin.livejournal.com]

Someday we've gotta sit down and cook together for a while. Like a week. Or a month.

I've developed this odd love affair with food. How did I miss it before??

[rebeccmeister.livejournal.com]

You know, I didn't start getting really serious about cooking delicious foods until I moved in with T and figment80. I mean, I cooked before then, but I didn't really think of myself as a food-lover. I think it sort of starts to happen once you've been out in the world for a little while and then discover all of the amazing things that are out there to eat. I find it particularly amusing in your case, though, considering what a picky eater you were while growing up. :)

Let's drop out of school and open a restaurant! (I'm such a good influence)

[sytharin.livejournal.com]

Yeah! Restaurant!

[earthlingmike.livejournal.com]

What do you do about students copying each other?

[rebeccmeister.livejournal.com]

I have given them ample warning. At this point, I would fail them out of the course.

[earthlingmike.livejournal.com]

So the two that seem to have copied each other, you warned them and next time they'll probably fail?

So they're not allowed to work on it together I guess?

[rebeccmeister.livejournal.com]

We have gone over the guidelines for assignments multiple times, which includes that all assignments should represent the students' own independent work. (their ideas, expressed in their own words, and other peoples' work/ideas should be credited where used).

So no, they are not allowed to work on assignments together. However, this doesn't mean they can't talk to each other about the assignments or review each others' work after the assignments have been completed. But I consider it to be a waste of my time to grade two assignments that are identical or that are simply paraphrased versions of each other. Usually such assignments are poorly written anyway.

[earthlingmike.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see.