Curriculum Instruction Assesment

In these chapters the author talks about Different ways teachers grade. In chapter 7 the main point is that grading is not a final thing. Two teachers may grade one assignment completely different ways. Teachers all have their own idea of what makes something worth an A grade this occurs because of bias and elements of an assignment that the teacher thinks it is most important. I liked how the book gave a short essay to grade. This gave a real example of how different people grade and made me start to think about ways that I can make sure I am grading for subject matter and not for flimsy things like visual appeal or spelling. This is where the importance of rubrics comes into play. Rubrics can help to eliminate some bias because we are following a guide on grading. In chapter 8 of FIAE the author talks about why we grade. The author also explains the implications on students who receive grades. The chapter also explains how teachers choose to grade things and why they are importa...

FIAE Chapter 11 is about the concept of grading in gradebooks. The chapter talks about everything from weighting grades to putting zeroes in a gradebook. The chapter talks about ways teachers deal with late or missing work. Personally, I don’t like to see zeroes in a gradebook so putting in blanks instead would be more helpful. I also think that there are some students who need to see their grade drop in order to get that work done and then they can feel accomplished by seeing the grade go back up again. In my field placement, there were several students who came in concerned about grades, got the work done, and then you could see some pride they had when their grade went up. When it comes to weighting grades I don’t agree with weighting in individual classes but classes as a whole should be weighted. Students who take AP level classes should have that AP weighted higher into their grade. In my senior class there were people in the top ten who did not take a single AP or honors class...