Google Classroom allows you organize and assign work to students. Classroom works as a digital dropbox to allow students to submit their digital work to the teacher. Classroom is Not a Gradebook There are limited available point values in Google Classroom. While this may seem to be an issue since your assignments are not always 1,…
Category: Grading
This Assignment is Lame
I am highly motivated, I would describe myself as an overachiever. I have noticed though that when the assignment is lame, I do not care about it. I am happy to get an 85%, I did not put in the effort to get an A. If I feel unmotivated by lame assignments, how much…
Impromptu Chat on Grading
Scott Bedley recorded an impromptu hangout between himself, Nancy Minicozzi and me. We chatted about grading. We agreed, we should not call kids failures.
Is it Ethical to Give Percentages on Assignments?
I am passionate about not calling kids failures. As a math teacher I saw many students coming into my class already believing they were not going to be successful. A low score on an assignment or test reinforced to them that they were not smart. When you give a 3 question quiz the score options…
Abusing Students with Math
Laser Sharp What is the difference between an 87 and an 88 on a paper? Do we as educators have the ability to be so laser sharp with our assessment that there is a difference? How about between an 89 and a 90. Same gap, yet a completely different assessment. B+ vs an A….
Averaging Grades
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The Strange Psychology of Grades
If you think about it how we assign grades is a little bizarre. The first week of school I have students asking me “what is my grade” and I tell them they have an A. Do they really have an A in Algebra II? They do not have an A’s knowledge of the Algebra II…
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