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Informationen zum Autor By Timothy Quinn Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceIntroductionPart 1: Grades - Definitions and Purposes1.Grades Defined2.The Pedagogical Purposes of GradesPart 2: Issues in Grading3.Grade Inflation4.The Forms Grades Take: Numbers vs. Letters5.Determining Summative Grades6.Grading and Failure: Retakes and Rewrites7.Grading Behaviors and Dispositions8.Grading Collaborative Work9.Self-Assessment and Self-Grading10.Technology and the Grading Process11.The Issue of Inconsistency12.The Advantages and Disadvantages of Rubrics13.How to Report GradesPart 3: Conclusion14.Shifting the Focus from Grades to Learning12 Steps to Improving Your Grading SystemAcknowledgmentsBibliographyAbout the Author
