tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399389267815059112.post8403564213476966149..comments2024-03-19T03:36:29.225-05:00Comments on Algebra's Friend: #70Days Will you stop putting grades on papers?Algebra's Friendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04729315514507170702noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399389267815059112.post-1391917636941316462014-07-16T07:00:27.413-05:002014-07-16T07:00:27.413-05:00Mary - thank you so much for sharing your thoughts...Mary - thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. The idea of using the mathematical practices makes sense. I'm thinking eventually I would have a bookmark of sorts with a list of statements or at least sentence stems to use in the feedback I give. <br /><br />Many teachers do spend more hours grading than math teachers - that's for sure. Algebra's Friendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04729315514507170702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8399389267815059112.post-66168113426463969662014-07-15T22:21:57.647-05:002014-07-15T22:21:57.647-05:00Beth, this past year one of our 8th grade science ...Beth, this past year one of our 8th grade science teachers taught one section of literature where all she did was provide written and verbal feedback with no grades issued until the end of the quarter--and the students graded themselves. She modeled her classroom using elements from the book <a href="http://www.ascd.org/Publications/Books/Overview/Role-Reversal.aspx" rel="nofollow">ROLE Reversal</a> Results Only Learning Environment. <br /><br />We all know putting a grade on a paper tells the student this is the end of the process. When I teach writing I rarely put grades when it's still a work in progress. Sometimes the student wants it to be over, but not me! When I give feedback on final paper with a grade, the feedback never seems to be applied to future writing because the student only looks at the grade.<br /><br />In math I think written feedback could be structured around the 8 mathematical practices. I've only done it a few times with Shell Centre tasks, but I've found myself writing the same comments over and over and they've tended to focus on 2 or 3 of the math practices that are pertinent to the concept. <br /><br />One could argue that if English teachers spend hours and hours providing written feedback to their 150 students math teachers could do the same! I wonder if there's a way to streamline the process.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11711370031193456994noreply@blogger.com