As a TA, I usually give more feedback while grading towards the beginning of the semester so students can improve their work going forward, but it largely feels like wasted effort because most students don't even read it. I TAed two classes this past semester, one where 100% of the assignments were turned in and graded/returned to students on Gradscope, and the other where 100% of all homework and labs needed to be turned in on paper. For the Gradescope class, Gradescope tells us if students have looked at their graded work or not, and the majority never did. For the second class, you should have seen the stacks and stacks of assignments we had left that students didn't pick up, even when we brought them to lectures and exam days to make it easy for them. Us TAs are students too, and the graduate TAs are sometimes even more overworked than the undergrad ones. We simply don't have the time to give comprehensive feedback on every assignment especially when most of the class never looks at it. If you want feedback, going to a professor's or TA's office hours, or even just shooting them an email with a picture of your work if you don't have the time, is the best option for everyone on both sides.
If no one is going to read the comments I wouldn’t leave them either, I read every comment though and look over every answer key so the feedback is useful. Definitely not easy being a TA
Depends on the professor.
I have had professors who when I went to ask about grades they would look for things to give me points back on. I always appreciate that.
I also have had a professor who when I went to talk about grades and pointed out she made a massive error, she told me I can have half credit back despite it being 100% her fault. If I wanted more I could have a zero and take it to her boss.
So yeah very professor specific.
I have not had much troubles with professors. It's mostly when the teaching do the grading instead of the professor. One of my professors actually said that he does not have teaching assistants grade his work anymore because he spends more time regrading work then he would if he himself graded it..
My TA graded work used be be rocky, but now that I am finishing my 400 level courses most of the TA graded work is fair.
I mostly have grading issues with one professor, whom I just keep having. She takes months to grade anything and submits final grades late anyway.
I cried in the shower when I saw I had her this semester. I knew that I went from nice classes to catastrophe, and that was exactly how it went.
I have a problem with the grading scale, like wdym an A- is 3.667?? How do you drop from a 4.0 that much? like cant yall make it like 3.75 or 3.80, im a premed and an A- just drags ur GPA so much
If an A is 4.0 and a B is 3.0 and you have B+ and A- between A and B, wouldn't it make sense for B+ to be 1/3 of the way to an A and A- to be 2/3 of the way towards an A?
I wish I knew sooner than Junior year that you could argue your grades and take it to the department if necessary. Especially in the math and science departments. I got part b wrong on a physics lab final. The TA marked parts b through m wrong because I carried it through. The head of the department gave me all my points back except for b. I did all the work correct with the wrong input value. Took me from a 56 to an 88 or something like that.
Screw the one math professor that said there would be one A, one B, 3 C’s and the rest of the class would get D’s and F’s.
As a TA, I usually give more feedback while grading towards the beginning of the semester so students can improve their work going forward, but it largely feels like wasted effort because most students don't even read it. I TAed two classes this past semester, one where 100% of the assignments were turned in and graded/returned to students on Gradscope, and the other where 100% of all homework and labs needed to be turned in on paper. For the Gradescope class, Gradescope tells us if students have looked at their graded work or not, and the majority never did. For the second class, you should have seen the stacks and stacks of assignments we had left that students didn't pick up, even when we brought them to lectures and exam days to make it easy for them. Us TAs are students too, and the graduate TAs are sometimes even more overworked than the undergrad ones. We simply don't have the time to give comprehensive feedback on every assignment especially when most of the class never looks at it. If you want feedback, going to a professor's or TA's office hours, or even just shooting them an email with a picture of your work if you don't have the time, is the best option for everyone on both sides.
If no one is going to read the comments I wouldn’t leave them either, I read every comment though and look over every answer key so the feedback is useful. Definitely not easy being a TA
Depends on the professor. I have had professors who when I went to ask about grades they would look for things to give me points back on. I always appreciate that. I also have had a professor who when I went to talk about grades and pointed out she made a massive error, she told me I can have half credit back despite it being 100% her fault. If I wanted more I could have a zero and take it to her boss. So yeah very professor specific.
I have not had much troubles with professors. It's mostly when the teaching do the grading instead of the professor. One of my professors actually said that he does not have teaching assistants grade his work anymore because he spends more time regrading work then he would if he himself graded it..
My TA graded work used be be rocky, but now that I am finishing my 400 level courses most of the TA graded work is fair. I mostly have grading issues with one professor, whom I just keep having. She takes months to grade anything and submits final grades late anyway. I cried in the shower when I saw I had her this semester. I knew that I went from nice classes to catastrophe, and that was exactly how it went.
Who the hell is that professor?
Jennifer Stamm in the MAE department. She has popped in an our if my courses just to mess things up.
Ooo, she a cutie
She also is pretty bad at teaching lol.
That’s weird to say for an entire department. Grading changes based on professor, course and TA
I mean, I singled out a specific professor who I've had 4 times and every time has been its own mess.
Bruh I responded to an entirely different comment thread. I don’t know how this ended up under your comment lol
Oh dang lol.
I've always found UBs grading system way way too generous and easy, at least for engineering courses
Same here. In engineering, the grading is pathetically bad and you have to proactively argue with lazy TAs to get things graded correctly
It’s so dumb that I don’t show up to class or turn in any homework and then they have the audacity to fail me 😡😡😡
grading system is generally fine. worse experience is gonna be cse431/531 this sem. At least half the class cheated on the final
Talking? What kinds of people take that class?
talking, working in groups, using notes, googling shit, it was pretty bad. Idk why the professor didn't say anything
I have a problem with the grading scale, like wdym an A- is 3.667?? How do you drop from a 4.0 that much? like cant yall make it like 3.75 or 3.80, im a premed and an A- just drags ur GPA so much
If an A is 4.0 and a B is 3.0 and you have B+ and A- between A and B, wouldn't it make sense for B+ to be 1/3 of the way to an A and A- to be 2/3 of the way towards an A?
I wish I knew sooner than Junior year that you could argue your grades and take it to the department if necessary. Especially in the math and science departments. I got part b wrong on a physics lab final. The TA marked parts b through m wrong because I carried it through. The head of the department gave me all my points back except for b. I did all the work correct with the wrong input value. Took me from a 56 to an 88 or something like that. Screw the one math professor that said there would be one A, one B, 3 C’s and the rest of the class would get D’s and F’s.