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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Blair Peterson

Blair Peterson

Quality Rubrics / Home - 0 views

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    Wiki with information on rubrics and samples. 
Blair Peterson

Abolish Grades! « Cooperative Catalyst - 0 views

  • Moreover, grading causes students to be risk-prone. Research finds that students of all ages who have been led to concentrate on getting a good grade are likely to pick the easiest possible assignment if given a choice. Folks, ‘F’ is really the new ‘A.’
Blair Peterson

Zeros for missed work unfairly skew grades, say education authorities - 0 views

  • Teachers are responsible for the accurate interpretation of the students’ learning. That wasn’t an accurate representation at all. It was mathematically calculated by using marks which skewed the results.”
  • A zero indicates the student knows nothing about a topic when they might actually know plenty, Rogers said. The mark of incomplete is more honest, he said
  • Students who don’t turn in key assignments or tests cannot get their course credit, Schmidt said.
Blair Peterson

10 Ways to Cheat-Proof Your Classroom « Cooperative Catalyst - 1 views

  • more proactive by attacking the causes rather than the effects of cheating.
  • However, a classroom leader should be
Blair Peterson

Brent's Blog: Supporting No Zeroes - 0 views

  • Keep the answer book open in the back of the room.  The practice isn't graded anyways.  This sends a message that the homework is for learning, not grading.
  • But why would a student do the work if it isn't graded?  Because your homework is directly aligned to what will be on your assessments.  
  • Our goal with both programs is to get completed work, not punish kids.
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  • By the way, the students that are actually motivated by grades are not the students we are talking about with these homework programs anyways.
Blair Peterson

http://www.elko.k12.nv.us/pdf/grading/grading_fixes.pdf - 0 views

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    Slides from a Ken O'Connor presentation on 15 fixes for broken grades.
Blair Peterson

Giving Out Zeros on Assignments - YouTube - 1 views

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    Professor discussing the Ontario Board of Education decision to allow for zeros.
Blair Peterson

Solution Tree: Ken O'Connor on Grading Effectively - YouTube - 0 views

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    Short video from Ken O'Connor. 
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