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Dante's Disco Inferno: I'm going to join the grading conversation

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ipsadixit:

For people like me (people’s pleaser combined with a healthy dose of self-doubt) grading is like a torture. While grading a paper I probably come up with a better argument why a certain student should get a specific grade than the paper’s main point. It…

This is why I love using a rubric for papers and then writing a small paragraph at the end of the writing assignment. If a student wants more feedback or help, that’s what office hours are for.

2011.08.15  7:58am  

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  1. jlwrench reblogged this from paolaandfrancesca and added:
    love using a rubric for papers and then writing a small paragraph at...student wants more...
  2. ipsadixit reblogged this from paolaandfrancesca and added:
    When I first started grading I had had minimal training, ie “read drafts but don’t grade them” and “limit your comments...
  3. alliebringsallthescotstotheyard said: If I like the prof, I read the comments! With Honors I always had to… With teachers I didn’t like/get respect from, I didn’t read their comments. But that’s just me and I can def be a b.
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