Hi all, and sorry to barge into your space but ,for a range of reasons, I didn't want to put this in HE.
I'd like to understand exactly how bad an undergrad essay needs to be to outright fail, without having plagiarised or failed to comply with word limits. There is, of course, a story attached to this. I have read through quite a few threads and am 100% confident that none of you is at my DS's uni/his tutor.
I'm not agitating for evidence for an appeal ; I am just a bit confounded by a whole process and wanted some expert input. My DF is a retired lecturer and I have his thoughts but he is in marketing and hasn't marked undergrad work for about 10 years now.
If you can lend me your ears and thoughts please let me know! I obviously won't add lots of chapter and verse wastefully unless someone responds.
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Piggywaspushed · 26/08/2022 18:27
LuftBalloons · 27/08/2022 08:07
More academic references used than tutor recommended in his feedback...
There’s no formula. It sounds as though he just doesn’t understand the topic or the assessment task.
And the changed mark will be because of second marking and/or random “check marking” by a 2nd marker, a module convenient, or an External Examiner - or any combination of these 3.
If his range of marks is generally in the 50s to 60s then a 38 isn’t that unusual. Sometimes we just don’t “get” something. Would you be asking about an “unusual “ mark if he’d received a 72, in relation to his usual 50 to 60? That would just as much out of range.
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Piggywaspushed · 27/08/2022 08:16
Yes, I think I would but get your point! Am just as bamboozled by his 80% for the seminar mark!
The point on the more academic references is that the tutor actually explicitly stated a minimum number he expected in his prior feedback so DS made sure he responded to that by including at least that. (so tutor said 'at least 4' and DS had 5. Tutor then said there were none in this new essay. When DS disputed that he acceded there were definite at least three and didn't say 'but you haven't used them well')
LuftBalloons · 27/08/2022 08:07
More academic references used than tutor recommended in his feedback...
There’s no formula. It sounds as though he just doesn’t understand the topic or the assessment task.
And the changed mark will be because of second marking and/or random “check marking” by a 2nd marker, a module convenient, or an External Examiner - or any combination of these 3.
If his range of marks is generally in the 50s to 60s then a 38 isn’t that unusual. Sometimes we just don’t “get” something. Would you be asking about an “unusual “ mark if he’d received a 72, in relation to his usual 50 to 60? That would just as much out of range.
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