How to Assign Grades to Tasks so as to Maximize Student Efforts

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Laxman Bokati
Vyacheslav Kalashnikov
Natalalia Kalashnykova
Olga Kosheleva
Vladik Kreinovich

Abstract

In some classes, students want to get a passing grade (e.g., C or B) by spending the smallest amount of effort. In such situations, it is reasonable for the instructor to assign the grades for different tasks in such a way that the resulting overall student's effort is the largest possible. In this paper, we show that to achieve this goal, we need to assign, to each task, the number of points proportional to the efforts needed for this task.

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Laxman Bokati

Doctoral student, University of Texas at El Paso, USA.

Vyacheslav Kalashnikov

PhD, Doctor of Science, professor, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico.

Natalalia Kalashnykova

PhD, research professor, Universidad Autonoma de Nueva Leon, Mexico.

Olga Kosheleva

Associate professor, University of Texas at El Paso, USA.

Vladik Kreinovich

PhD, professor, University of Texas at El Paso, USA.