tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718462793516968883.post7904191170837223285..comments2024-02-19T23:16:40.042-05:00Comments on MadMath: Teacher Guilt and Grading WorkloadDeltahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718462793516968883.post-27821511429371946042018-08-20T08:15:06.190-04:002018-08-20T08:15:06.190-04:00thnx a lotthnx a lotK.Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02513705862717807237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718462793516968883.post-61139016311848141072014-02-07T22:37:52.376-05:002014-02-07T22:37:52.376-05:00Interesting to hear your take on it. In my statist...Interesting to hear your take on it. In my statistics classes I used to give research paper assignments (look up any article in JAMA, report & interpret C.I.'s & P-values) but that went away when I went full-time.Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718462793516968883.post-3718645390159081892014-02-05T15:31:46.820-05:002014-02-05T15:31:46.820-05:00I may not take late assignments. (Those sit on my ...I may not take late assignments. (Those sit on my desk longer than anything.) But the point of test retakes is - if they learn it, they get credit. I don't want to drop any tests, because I want them to learn all of what we work on. I used to count best 5 on quizzes, but now that I do retakes, I don't do that. My workload is smaller than that of the teachers who give longer tests and grade the homework. I am happy with the way I'm doing it. (Except that if I had really small classes, I'd do more projects.)Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718462793516968883.post-16177675911098130622014-02-05T14:11:54.747-05:002014-02-05T14:11:54.747-05:00You know, as a side issue, I also don't do any...You know, as a side issue, I also don't do any makeups or retakes for any assignments for any reason. My thinking: It's not fair for the teacher to get additional workload because someone didn't prepare or show up. (Also: In my first year I was giving makeups and half the class flat-out started skipping the tests.) <br /><br />Have you considered doing "dropped tests" instead to take up the slack? Probably you're happy with your procedure, but when I suggest that to very new teachers they often like it.Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718462793516968883.post-25986304620555314952014-02-05T14:08:13.292-05:002014-02-05T14:08:13.292-05:00Interesting. It's true, I could just never get...Interesting. It's true, I could just never get over the mental hurdle of giving credit for (potentially) absolute nonsense being written down. Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718462793516968883.post-81430711107002870152014-02-03T18:45:35.219-05:002014-02-03T18:45:35.219-05:00I don't do any correcting. Like you, I expect ...I don't do any correcting. Like you, I expect them to correct it from the back of the text. I just am giving them credit for working on it. But if it doesn't work for you, I understand. It sounds like you're finding the right path for you.Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718462793516968883.post-90820594615564905312014-02-03T17:59:00.702-05:002014-02-03T17:59:00.702-05:00Well, after a decade of trying to make that kind o...Well, after a decade of trying to make that kind of thing happen, I had to surrender and say that it's just impossible for me. I need to be honest with my students and just flat-out say that the amount of work they need to do, and the attention to detail required, far outstrips my time for correcting. Plus the way so many remedial students failed to write correctly was literally driving me to madness. If they don't study as college students, then I personally have no way of solving that for them.Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718462793516968883.post-83858924580490562842014-02-03T13:38:32.868-05:002014-02-03T13:38:32.868-05:00I still assign a few projects that often end up on...I still assign a few projects that often end up on my desk for a long time. Last semester, I got myself to grade the murder mystery right away, and that made me so happy.Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718462793516968883.post-54373044378162263432014-02-03T13:37:20.652-05:002014-02-03T13:37:20.652-05:00The valley of dread...
For a while I didn't g...The valley of dread...<br /><br />For a while I didn't grade hw at all. But they weren't doing it. A high school teacher told me he stamped it in class. I started that and love it. I can get around a smaller class in 5 minutes. The big class gets stamped while they're working on a problem in groups.<br /><br />I count stamps during the test while I would otherwise be doing almost nothing.<br /><br />My tests are even shorter. One or two problems per section, 3 or 4 sections per test. I let them retake each section (using a new version), outside of class time. Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.com