Abstract:
This chapter went in depth on how we as teacher can adjust our assessment process to allow students to earn the grade the shows mastery. There are eight main ideas that this chapter discusses. They are: 1. All redone work is done at teacher discretion. 2. How we would want to be treated as adults. 3. Ask parents to sign the original task or assessment and request the redo opportunity for their child. 4. Reserve the right to change the format for all redone work and assessments. 5. Ask students to create a calendar of completion that will yield better results. 6. Redos and grades. 7. Do not allow any work to be redone during the last week of the grading period. 8. Ask students to staple or attach the original task or assessment to the redone version. Teachers can go about re-do work at their own discretion and determine with the student a set time-line for making up missed work.
Reflection:
The class as a whole seemed to genuinely enjoy this chapter and found it informational. "I really liked the analogy of the person taking a driving test to show that make up work should not be averaged with the original grade." (Simon) People thought that the analogies used in this chapter were really in check and interesting. Most of the class viewed make up assignments as a positive. While people did not always agree on the manner in which it should be handled, but as a majority the class though making up work would allow students to make up for those "off days" we all have.
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This is really to the point and brings up some really big issues as far as how to go about handling late work and redos. The links you've found answer some of my own questions on how to go about handling these kinds of situations, so, hats off to you!
Nice job synthesizing this chapter, it dealt with a really tough topic. The links were good and went in depth into the topic and provided some great discussion on the subject.
I thought that the review summarized the classes thoughts really well.
It is really funny how Yahoo! answers was used as a source, but I think that it does provide some good insight on whether or not turning in redo work is fair, appropriate, etc.
I also thought that the second article was very interesting and humorous in a way. It included a lot of information and questions that I have had in my mind such as: What if the assignment is critical to the next day's lesson in class? Do you teach something else because your students told you they didn't have time to complete the assignment as well as they would like to?
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