Math
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Dahlia_
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3 years, 2 months ago by Dahlia_
My math teacher is strict/nice both at the same time. But today we took a test and she said that if we don't show work and get the right answer, we get 1 mark off. But she also said if we show our work and our work is done incorrectly, but still got the right answer she's still going to take 0.5 marks off. Do you think that's fair?
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senor
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3 years, 2 months ago by senor
getting graded on showing ur work is dumb. that’s not how the real world works.
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fcb_neymar
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3 years, 2 months ago by fcb_neymar
tbh thats really stupid and it makes no sense. i understand getting half a point for showing good with correct formulas, but then accidently messing up one minus so the answer is wrong
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CakeCup
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3 years, 2 months ago by CakeCup
To be honest, I feel that one whole point minused for no work is stupid. Bbbuuuuuuuuuuuuuttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt... I do feel that it is important to show your work. The teachers are just trying to make sure that you are doing the stuff correctly and not getting the correct answer on accident. Believe me, that is possible. Your scoring is similar to the scoring i had last year.
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Dahlia_
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3 years, 2 months ago by Dahlia_
update no one asked for: I got 13/15 =2.5. 1 point off for doing the math wrong, 1 point off for not showing work.
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kiwi927
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3 years, 2 months ago by kiwi927
showing work is a must for teachers (for some reason), but taking off a whole point for not showing work is just too much (in my opinion). i think that even if you showed work and got it incorrect, it should be a whole point off, but for people like me that like to study ahead of time and be more advanced, showing work takes up so much time, when i can just do it in my head or with a couple of steps. idk just my thought though.
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im-a-dog
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3 years, 2 months ago by im-a-dog
It seems weird, but the reason is that if you don't show your work, the teacher can't know if you've learnt the things or if you're just copying or guessing a number. Most of the time it's quicker to just write the answer and nothing else, but the teacher needs to know that you actually know the math you're doing. Otherwise, it would be very easy to memorize the right answers to 20-30 questions and then put those numbers there. That's also why a lot of teachers give you more "penalty" for not showing work than for having a wrong answer but having showed the work. It also makes it possible for the teacher to pinpoint where it went wrong (for example if you wrote 32 instead of 23 somewhere in your calculations so the answer came out wrong, but you did everything right apart from that one mistake)(or if for example you actually did something wrong along the way, the teacher knows what lesson they need to repeat 🙃). And for those of you who think it's only in school, depending on what you work with in the future, you'll be doing it there as well. 😉 I don't work with numbers and math specifically (I work in assisted living), but in my job we need to document everything we do. This is partially so that the next staff can read what's happened during the previous couple of shifts, and also so that if we notice something hasn't been taken care of properly or gone wrong; it's easy to check the documentation system and see what has happened on what day or if a resident has declined help on numerous occasions, and it can be followed up and remedied. It also provides continuous information to the families and trustees of the residents, some of whom have no or limited verbal communication skills. |
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