Chapter eight discusses the good and bad things teachers can grade. There are six different reasons given that teachers tend to grade upon. The first three reasons, to document student and teacher progress, to provide feedback to the student and family and the teacher, and to inform instructional decisions, are considered to be good reasons to grade. The last three reasons, to motivate students, to punish students, and to sort students, are considered to be bad reasons to grade students. The reason these are bad reasons is because they do not show mastery of the material. The reason for having grades is to show mastery of the material taught to the students. So by grading students based on those last three reasons, teachers are giving out grades that are inaccurate and do not show how the student mastered the material taught.
The idea of grading effort seemed to be the most popular topic discussed by everyone. It seemed that some people felt that effort should be graded, while others felt that it shouldn’t. The idea of using grades as a motivation, or to punish students was greatly disliked and most people agreed with the book on this idea. All in all, the six reasons for grading that was given by the chapter, were the highlight of the entire chapter.
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Well summarized, and the links provided were very informational
You gave a lot of great information through the links you gave us. I really liked the the second site because it really explained how we use grades. It was very informative.
this synthesis got right to the point and accurately stressed the main issues within the chapter.
This is a very interesting chapter. The challenge is to get kids to not just be motivated by grades. This is a difficult thing to do. Grades are what get kids into college. So grades really are important for most kids.
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