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【现代大学英语精读】(第一册)第五课 针尖上的天使(2/5)

2013-12-22 04:00
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本文描写作者应邀为老同学解决一起与学生的物理题“纠纷”。学生不同意单一的答案,觉得自己应该得到高分而不是零分,于是和老师协议邀请第三方公正的我解决问题。

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I laughed and pointed out to my colleague that we must admit that the student really had a pretty strong case for full credit since he had indeed answered the question completely and correctly. On the other hand, I could also see the dilemma because if full credit were given to him it could mean a high grade for the student in his physics course. A high grade is supposed to prove competence in the course, but the answer he gave did not show his knowledge on the subject. "So, what would you do if you were me?" Jim asked. I suggested that the student have another try at answering the question. I was not surprised that my colleague agreed, but I was surprised that the student did, too. I told the student that I would give him six minutes to answer the question. But I warned him that this time his answer should show some knowledge of physics. He sat down and picked up his pen. He appeared to be thinking hard. At the end of 5 minutes, however, I noticed that he had not put down a single word. I asked him if he wished to give up, but he said no. He had not written anything down because he had too many possible answers to this problem. He was just trying to decide which would be the best one.
我不禁大笑,然后告诉我的同事我们必须得承认这个学生有充分的理由拿到满分,因为他的答案非常正确和完整。但另一方面,我同样感觉到这样判断让我处于两难境地,如果给了他满分就意味着在这个学生在物理科考试上很高分。一个高分就会拉开他在这门课和别人的距离,并且独显优异,但是他给的答案并没有运用到物理知识,显示不出他对这门课的掌握程度。“那么,是你的话你会怎么做呢?”吉姆问我。我建议让那个学生尝试用另外一种办法解决那个问题。我一点也不惊讶我的同事会接受我的建议,但我很惊讶那个学生也接受了我的建议。 我告诉那个学生我会给他六分钟来完成这道题目,但我强调说这回他必须运用一些物理的知识来完成。他坐下来,把笔拿在手上。看起来他思考得非常认真。在最后五分钟,我发现他一个字都没写。我问他是不是打算放弃。他说不,他之所以一个字都没有写是因为有太多的方法有可能解决这个问题,他只是在想哪个方法是最好的。
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