[game_edu] curious

[Maria Droujkova]

On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Steve Rabin <Stevera at noa.nintendo.com>wrote:


>

>  Here is something that I developed in the last year that I just have to

> share because it works so amazingly (perhaps more related to psychology

> than gamification):

>

> 96%-98% class attendance guaranteed!

> It's the Fibonacci Attendence Policy of Doom (TM).

> If a student is absent 1 time, they get a 2% deduction to their final

> class grade.

> If a student is absent a 2nd time, they get an additional 3% deduction

> (total 5% at this point)

>


I have two big concerns about this. Maybe it feels better than it looks in
an email? I would like to hear more.

First, it's overall punitive, so it can undermine the trust between the
students and the professor.

Second, if someone messes up in the beginning of the class, they may as
well give up, because they can't catch up at all. The points are lost
forever.

Cheers,
Maria Droujkova
919-388-1721

Make math your own, to make your own math
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