{"id":1404,"date":"2019-06-13T17:42:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T09:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/?p=1404"},"modified":"2019-06-17T08:09:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T00:09:15","slug":"um-ulang-matapelajaran-translated-repeating-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/um-ulang-matapelajaran-translated-repeating-course\/","title":{"rendered":"UM – Ulang matapelajaran [Translated – Repeating Course]"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had students with the status of UM [Ulang Matapelajaran] before.\u00a0 But, somehow another I don’t feel any attachment with them so when they fail a course, I don’t hesitate to retain whatever grade given to them.<\/span><\/p>\n

This time around it is different.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0<\/strong> I have known this student since 2012.\u00a0 Yup.\u00a0 We have known each other quite long.\u00a0 I remember this student in particular because there was a male student in the same cohort who passed away drowning while saving others’ lives.\u00a0 \u00a0I have some emotional attachment with this cohort because I just finished my PhD at that time and excited to teach again after so many years of studying.\u00a0 This class is also special because the students had swimming class before mine so, my class was the perfect time for them to take a rest after physically taxing swimming class.\u00a0 Well, I tried to do some activities which required them to move around.\u00a0 They moved around alright but the moment they went back to their seats, their eyes seemed to shut down automatically.\u00a0 The faculty combined the class with TEASL students.\u00a0 What a ying-and-yang combination!\u00a0 Indeed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Years passes by quickly and before we know it, I met this student again in my masters class.\u00a0 I had a quick chat with her after class.\u00a0 She seemed a bit shy around me. When I asked her if she took my Educational Psychology class in 2012, she sheepishly acknowledged that.\u00a0 Then, I asked if she was in the same class as the late Miji (only a nickname), her face went pale and gloom.\u00a0 Without looking at me, she looked down on the floor before replying “Dr still remember Miji?<\/em>“.\u00a0 I told her that I normally remember my students’s faces.\u00a0 It is just that I don’t remember their names.\u00a0 \u00a0To lighten up the atmosphere a bit, I asked her if she has settled down.\u00a0 Looking down at her shoes again, she replied “I am still single, Dr.\u00a0 I am busy with my work.\u00a0 Many of my friends have got married.\u00a0 \u00a0I further my masters because I want to improve myself as a teacher<\/em>“.\u00a0 With a light pat on her hand, I assured her that the time will come for her to settle down.\u00a0 She told me that she teaches Malay Language now even though she majored in Sport Education.\u00a0 She is still a sport education teacher though.\u00a0 So, she has the opportunity to teach what she learned at UTM.\u00a0 <\/span>Since that quick chat, I never have any chance to talk to her again.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

When I graded her assignment, I notice that she only took the quiz once and she did not get good marks for the quiz.\u00a0 She did not get good marks for her final as well.\u00a0 So, relying on her proposal assignment alone, she got below 60 marks.\u00a0 To be exact, her final marks are 58\/100.\u00a0 Just a shy away from getting a passing grade.\u00a0 I crack my head to increase the marks.\u00a0 I can’t simply increase the marks unnecessarily and without any valid evidence.\u00a0 I look again the quizzes that I have given them (some are graded and some are not graded).\u00a0 I notice that she never tried to take the ungraded quiz unlike others.\u00a0 This makes\u00a0 me feel sad.\u00a0 Others took the opportunity to improve their grades by using whatever things that I provide them to the fullest.\u00a0 I notice that there are several students who took one ungraded quiz more than three times.\u00a0 Since I don’t give the answer, they have to try as many time as they could until they get the right answer themselves.\u00a0 So, in this case, they will “force” indirectly to refer to their notes to find the answer.\u00a0 This is a part of self-regulated learning.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What should I do with this student?\u00a0<\/em> \u00a0After all, she is in her 8th semester.\u00a0 A dilemma indeed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had students with the status of UM [Ulang Matapelajaran] before.\u00a0 But, somehow another I don’t feel any attachment with them so when they fail a course, I don’t hesitate to retain whatever grade given to them. This time around it is different.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 I have known this student since 2012.\u00a0 Yup.\u00a0 We have known … Continue reading UM – Ulang matapelajaran [Translated – Repeating Course]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":851,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teaching","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1404"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1422,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404\/revisions\/1422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}