I believe that giving students A's at the beginning of a course is a way of giving students the confidence that they deserve an A. To keep the A however, I believe that the student needs to complete the required assignments and participate in the process of learning. If students creating projects were assured of an A if they followed the rubrics, this would allow them to become more creative, taking risks to make a project that requires "thinking out of the box." If students who try hard, follow the instructions, but create something that the instructor may not have ever imagined, the instructor shouldn't punish that student for being creative and taking those risks.
I like earning A's, specifically A+s in this Master's Program. Recently I took on two reports and tried to be creative in how I presented the information. I haven't received any comments as of yet as to why I received the grades I did -- but for those assignments I now choose to give myself an A+! I was very proud of them and thought that it was an innovative way to present the topics being addressed.
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Going back to the feedback comments earlier, no excuses, this is a reasonable expectation. At the same time the most important measure is the learning that one take forward into the next activity. What is more meaningful are the things one learns that is not entirely dependent on some external measure.
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