10 to 30% pass rate? And that was very high compared to other departments?
Do you mind sharing roughly where this was (country and quality of university)? I thought we were in an era of grade inflation where everyone gets an A.
This was course a 300-level test course compared to a 300-level test course from these other departments. The hope is that when they become "real" courses the pass rate is higher. I think this counts people who are re-taking the course or who dropped it as failing. We had ~50% of our class drop within the first month.
Part of it was related to their expectations of the course: "you mean I have to write code and the class is based off of that and not memorizing test answers? I'm out"
Do you mind sharing roughly where this was (country and quality of university)? I thought we were in an era of grade inflation where everyone gets an A.