Abstract
Many teachers view grading as something that they have to do instead of something they do to benefit the students. The chapter breaks up different ways and reasons that teachers grade work.
To document student and teacher progress
To provide feedback to the student, family and teacher
To inform instructional decisions
To motivate students
To punish students
To sort students
The first three reasons are ones that are understandable and don't produce much controversy, however the second three are ones that get much discussion over. Some other discussions are about whether or not participation and effort.
Reflection
Grading is something that really needs to happen. Maybe not always using actual grades to do it but by using some sort of assessment piece that will be kept to give you a record of how well a student is doing. We all agreed that grade affect our lives dramatically whether it be that we are always trying to get good grades or say when we do get a grade and it doesn't seem to fit what we thought we would get then it becomes more frustration than anything. Most of us agreed also on grading students for their participation inside the classroom and that is because it get the students to be involved with a discussion and perhaps gets them to learn more about the topic being discussed.
9 comments:
bookmarked the first link. i really like the info you can get from forums. always very helpful.
Great links, should offer hours of entertainment and seconds of tagging.Lots of information on both links. Nice job.
These links are amazing there is a lot of information in them and I agree with Joel.
The second link looks helpful in helping me grade. The first link looks like there could be a lot of good information.
I liked the first link a lot. I enjoyed reading the blogs between the teachers. good job!
Links are helpful thanks for posting them. I bookedmarked them.
I really like the second link because it seems like it will be useful with the grading process. Great job on both links.
I think the first link will be very helpful because there are many different ideas and opinions presented.
I went into the first linked website and tagged the science page. It has 5 great lesson ideas for high school, and even more for the middle school level. Good find on the grading web page as well. Assessment is one of the more difficult parts of being a teacher so the ideas should be helpful.
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