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Blair Peterson

SMARTER TEACHER: Homework: Graded or Ungraded - 1 views

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  • And yet, no dancer, no musician and no athlete gains credit for their practice except through their actual performance in the event. We do not applaud the dancer or musician during practice. We do not add statistics from practice to the athlete’s record.
  • he assessment should actually be of the effectiveness of the teacher’s instruction and in what areas the teacher should continue to provide instruction to assist student mastery.
  • Homework allows both the student and teacher to determine if there is understanding of the subject and/or where problems
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  • Students do not have equal resources for completing homework. (computer or internet, time, study space, privacy etc…) Homework that is busy work is often copied just for completion. If homework is summative then it must be graded. Often homework is merely checked off. Student homework assignments are the most likely to receive zeroes which can negatively skew the total grade that may be indicated by summative assessments. Homework should never be assigned over holidays thereby interfering with family plans. Kids do need a break. Many students have nights with hours of homework. Could students more out of 15 or 20 minutes of well planned practice rather than an hour of busy work? If homework is based on course standards then not doing the homework should naturally affect their grades on summative assessments. For this reason no separate grade should be necessary. Zeroes in homework followed by zeroes on summative assessments is punishing the student twice for that content. Failure to complete homework is a responsibility issue, and, as such, should be treated just as inattentiveness, not bringing materials, disruptiveness and similar issues. Many home help sites have blossomed in the past decade, casting doubt on how much work the student is actually completing.
Blair Peterson

School Library Monthly Blog - 0 views

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shared by Blair Peterson on 14 Apr 11 - Cached
  • Blair Peterson on 14 Apr 11
     
    On this blog post there is a good presentation on assessing digital work. While we don't have access to the entire presentation, you can glean good ideas from the slides. Great ideas for assessing students' digital work.
Blair Peterson

The necessity of failure | Connected Principals - 0 views

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shared by Blair Peterson on 11 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • In a first-semester freshman English class, a student has a score of 45% going into the final. This student has been a discipline problem the entire semester and has not done much homework. No matter what score this student receives on the final, he cannot pass. The entire semester was designed so that students understand the fundamentals and concepts of writing a five-paragraph essay; the final is the culmination of that effort. Since you do not trust this student, you stand over him and watch him write his essay so you know he did not cheat. When you grade the essay, you find it is perfection.  He learned every first-semester English standard. What semester grade do you assign?
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Rick Wormeli's Responses to a Parent of a High-Achieving Student with Concerns About G... - 2 views

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  • ockifern on 02 Sep 14
     
    Great response that could be used at parent meetings
Blair Peterson

Three Fayette schools abandon traditional report cards | Education | Kentucky.com - 2 views

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shared by Blair Peterson on 04 Sep 15 - No Cached
  • "The goal is to give students more feedback," and to give parents a more complete picture of what their child knows, said Kelly Sirginnis, administrative dean at Tates Creek Middle.
  • The new report cards address how students are faring against the standards they have to meet and provides description about what a student knows and can do.
  • Traditional report cards aren't that helpful to parents because they provide a single grade for achievement, homework, punctuality and other factors, without explaining what the student knows, Guskey said. In a traditional grading system, students might not be able show mastery of the standards in the course but might get a good grade because a teacher might factor in a student turning in homework, school officials say.
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  • Guskey said teachers are moving away from the traditional single grade and are giving multiple grades. Instead of giving a single grade for achievement in an English or language arts class, they are giving separate grades for reading, writing and speaking. That way, parents know more clearly what kinds of problems their children might be having.
  • Young said high schools switching to standards-based grading have more details to work out. That's in part because high school students are critiqued by colleges on the basis of a grade point average.
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