Educators will find both concrete strategies for improving their grading systems and policies and, perhaps most importantly, a rich resource for improving student learning. Ultimately, Quinn hopes to create a world in which students, parents, and teachers all pay more attention to learning and less to grades themselves.
Educators will find both concrete strategies for improving their grading systems and policies and, perhaps most importantly, a rich resource for improving student learning. Ultimately, Quinn hopes to create a world in which students, parents, and teachers all pay more attention to learning and less to grades themselves.
Timothy Quinn holds a B.A. from Amherst College, an Ed.M. from Harvard University, and is currently a candidate for an M.A. from Middlebury College's Bread Loaf School of English. Timothy has taught English and Moral Philosophy at a range of independent and international schools, most recently Westminster School (Simsbury, CT) and the University School of Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI), where he is currently the Assistant Head of Upper School.
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Preface Introduction Part 1: Grades - Definitions and Purposes Grades DefinedThe Pedagogical Purposes of GradesPart 2: Issues in Grading Grade InflationThe Forms Grades Take: Numbers vs. LettersDetermining Summative GradesGrading and Failure: Retakes and RewritesGrading Behaviors and DispositionsGrading Collaborative WorkSelf-Assessment and Self-GradingTechnology and the Grading ProcessThe Issue of InconsistencyThe Advantages and Disadvantages of RubricsHow to Report GradesPart 3: Conclusion Shifting the Focus from Grades to Learning 12 Steps to Improving Your Grading System Acknowledgments Bibliography About the Author
Preface Introduction Part 1: Grades - Definitions and Purposes Grades DefinedThe Pedagogical Purposes of GradesPart 2: Issues in Grading Grade InflationThe Forms Grades Take: Numbers vs. LettersDetermining Summative GradesGrading and Failure: Retakes and RewritesGrading Behaviors and DispositionsGrading Collaborative WorkSelf-Assessment and Self-GradingTechnology and the Grading ProcessThe Issue of InconsistencyThe Advantages and Disadvantages of RubricsHow to Report GradesPart 3: Conclusion Shifting the Focus from Grades to Learning 12 Steps to Improving Your Grading System Acknowledgments Bibliography About the Author
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