Hi Kevin,
There are a lot of tests in the course, and many of them are not very difficult, particularly when you take into account that the tests are “open book” (meaning, you can look over the unit and your notes while you are taking the test) and you have more than one attempt at each test.
On the ones that are a lot more difficult, such as are found in the Basic Electricity module or the Midterm Exam, a student could have poor comprehension and receive low scores and yet still have an overall high average because of the large number of easier ones.
Since the information in the Basic Electricity module is arguably the most important for a student to master, we want to make sure they have the incentive to do so. That’s why we have the system we have, and it has worked very well.
Does that make sense?
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