This is a very common problem. You are assuming that everything in your head is in your teacher's head also. You must find a way to communicate your learning. The student who drives us all crazy by asking questions to show off and let everyone know how much he knows is really trying to deal with this predicament. We need to find a better way of communicating our efforts to learn, the skills we are acquiring, and the factual content of what we have learned.
Tests deal mostly with the latter.
Describe how you might tell me about that work so that it would be included in your final evaluation. You might try using the form on the Ways of Measuring Learning , and Infamous Grades and Letters of Recommendation file to come up with a form of your own, one that list your efforts, your skills, your factual mastery. Then make sure that you communicate that to me so that it is included in your evaluation. Sample E-Mails None up yet on September 9, 1999.