Problema Solution
You and three (3) of your friends were in the same advance placement high school chemistry class in high school. All four (4) of you decided to take the same chemistry class together at the local university along with 21 other students. On the first day of class, the professor suggested that the class break up into five (5) study groups and she indicated that this class is graded on a bell-shaped curve.
o Explain in your own words what grading on a bell-shape curve mean in this college chemistry class.
o Would you want to be in a study group with your high school friends or in another group?
o Assess how your choice in a study group could affect you scholastic standing in your college chemistry class.
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Grading on a bell shaped curve means the instructor will set the breakpoints for letter grades such that the distribution of letter grades follows (at least approximately) a normal or Gaussian distribution.Typically this is arranged so that the average score is a C.The breakpoints should produce more Cs than any other grade, with Bs and Ds next most frequent.As an Fs should be the most rare.
The decision of which group to be in depends on the nature of the grading.If there is a component of my grade that is a group-based project, then of course I want to be a member of the best group.If I feel my high school classmates are smarter (more likely to produce an excellent project) than the rest of the students, then I would want to be in their group.Getting the highest group score would help my overall grade in the class.Even if all groups did very well, being graded on a curve means that the lowest score will be curved down, while the highest will be an A.