Bruce Makoto Arnold, PhD
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Grades I've Given in the Past

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Here's a rough breakdown of the grades I've given in the past per semester. 

I've noted courses with a High B option as generally only a quarter to one-half of my students try for As in these classes, which often brings down the mean, inflates the numbers of Bs, and [usually] lessens the numbers of As. Also, I haven't included any of the grades I've given in my for-profit university classes (the grades at these schools are a completely worthless indicators of anything), online classes (in which many students don't complete, for whatever reason), nor do I list any of the grades I awarded as a computer science/technology instructor. Lastly, I haven't included grades I've given as a teaching assistant nor grades before Fall 2004 (I can't find them). 

Although I put them up here for statistical accuracy, I don't give many failures since it's really, really difficult to fail one of my courses so as long as a student does the work he or she has been assigned. Most Fs are due to students who: 
  1. Didn't complete enough of the work given to them to count as a good faith effort (e.g. didn't turn in more than 50% of the homework); 
  2. Remained on my rolls because of an improper or incomplete drop;  
  3. Requested an incomplete but didn't complete the class before the allotted time period was up. 
Therefore, I have noted, in parenthesis, the number of "earned" failures where students at least done enough work (but not necessarily all) to be considered "present" in the class but under-performed. Additionally, I've included an "earned mean" calculation to indicate what the average score, only inclusive of students who actually actively engaged in the course from start to finish.
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(Note that the percentages are rounded to the nearest whole percentage, thus not all classes will add up to 100%.; also, I don't count in +/- modifiers since I figure the law of averages will straighten those out for me.)

Autumn 2017

History of Modern Education (N=11; Mean and Earned Mean=2.909; Notes: +/- Grade Modifier and High-B option)
  • A = 10%
  • B = 72%
  • C = 18%

Spring 2017

History of Modern Education (N=7; Mean and Earned Mean=3.14; Notes: +/- Grade Modifier and High-B option)
  • A = 14%
  • B = 86%

Autumn 2016

History of Modern Education (N=18; Mean and Earned Mean=2.944; Notes: +/- Grade Modifier and High-B option)
  • A = 22%
  • B = 55%
  • C = 16%
  • D = 6%

Spring 2016

History of Modern Education (N=20; Mean and Earned Mean=3.05; Note: +/- Grade Modifier)
  • A: 15%
  • B: 65%
  • C: 15%
  • D: 5%

Autumn 2015

Asian American History (N=15; Mean and Earned Mean=2.9; Note: +/- Grade Modifier)
  • A: 40%
  • B: 20%
  • C: 33%
  • D: 10%

Winter 2013

United States History From 1866 (N=10; Mean and Earned Mean=2.50) #
  • A: 40%
  • B: 20%
  • C: 10%
  • D: 10%
  • F: 20% (2)

Fall 2013

United States History to 1877 (N=27; Mean and Earned Mean=3.00) *
  • A: 30%
  • B: 48%
  • C: 15%
  • D: 7%

Spring 2013

United States History From 1877 (N=23; Mean=2.61; Earned Mean=3.33) *
  • A: 43%
  • B: 28%
  • C: 7%
  • D: 4%
  • F: 18% (0)

United States History to 1877 (N=7; Mean=2.14; Earned Mean=3.00) &
  • A: 29%
  • B: 13%
  • C: 29%
  • F: 29% (0)

Fall 2012

Manhood in America (N=27; Mean=2.67; Earned Mean=3.17; This class had a High B option)
  • A: 15%
  • B: 59%
  • C: 15%
  • F:  11% (0)

African American History (N=14; Mean=3.29; Earned Mean=3.31; This class had a High B option)
  • A: 29%
  • B: 43%
  • C: 21%
  • F: 7% (0)

United States History to 1877 (N=20; Mean=3.35; Earned Mean=3.35) *
  • A: 45%
  • B: 25%
  • C: 20%
  • D: 10%

Fall 2011

American Consumerism (N=33; Mean=2.87; Earned Mean=2.98; This class had a High B option)
  • A: 21%
  • B: 55%
  • C: 17%
  • D: 3%
  • F: 3% (0)

Spring 2011

History of Childhood and Adolescence in America (Mean and Earned Mean: 3.04)
  • A: 41%
  • B: 41%
  • C: 7%
  • F: 10% (1)

Fall 2010

Asians in America (Mean: 2.73; Earned Mean=3.14)
  • A: 27%
  • B: 55%
  • F: 18% (1)

Spring 2005

Introduction to East Asia - Japan (&)
  • A: 50%
  • B: 25%
  • C: 20%
  • F: 5% (1)

Fall 2004

Introduction to East Asia - Japan (&)
  • A: 45%
  • B: Huh... no Bs... what do you know?
  • C: 36%
  • D: 9%
  • F: 9% (0)
# - Course is a short-term summer or winter course that, because of its temporal compression, often has slightly deviant means and earned means.
* - Course that was a dual-credit high school/college, taken by high schoolers.
& - Course was a one-day/night-per-week, three-hour course. These courses just seem to be a lot to bite off and chew for many students, so many of them don't complete the course but stay on the rolls.
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