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 1.Grades Defined 2.The Pedagogical Purposes of Grades Part 2: Issues in Grading 3.Grade Inflation 4.The Forms Grades Take: Numbers vs. Letters 5.Determining Summative Grades 6.Grading and Failure: Retakes and Rewrites 7.Grading Behaviors and Dispositions 8.Grading Collaborative Work 9.Self-Assessment and Self-Grading 10.Technology and the Grading Process 11.The Issue of Inconsistency 12.The Advantages and Disadvantages of Rubrics 13.How to Report Grades Part 3: Conclusion 14.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 1.Grades Defined 2.The Pedagogical Purposes of Grades Part 2: Issues in Grading 3.Grade Inflation 4.The Forms Grades Take: Numbers vs. Letters 5.Determining Summative Grades 6.Grading and Failure: Retakes and Rewrites 7.Grading Behaviors and Dispositions 8.Grading Collaborative Work 9.Self-Assessment and Self-Grading 10.Technology and the Grading Process 11.The Issue of Inconsistency 12.The Advantages and Disadvantages of Rubrics 13.How to Report Grades Part 3: Conclusion 14.Shifting the Focus from Grades to Learning 12 Steps to Improving Your Grading System Acknowledgments Bibliography About the Author
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