You won't believe what this teacher told me (teaching, writing, elementary school)
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When I had 21 students I could grade long writing samples very easily, so the majority of my grades came from them. Now that I have 52 students, I limit them to 2-3 times a grading period. I get my grades from other products that are easier to grade. I think it gives a more rounded grade, as some children don't perform well on long writing samples.
I'm shocked a high school math teacher isn't using scantrons. Even upper elementary teachers use them. That seems like he is a newbie with no experience.
I'm an elementary teacher and I've never used scanteons. There has never even ban a scantron machine in a school where I've worked. It's typically paper pencil and they have to be graded. This year we're starting to do more assessments on computers, but that's still a very small part of the assessments given.
I never heard of this in all my experience as a teacher.
I'm really not that surprised about this. What surprises me more is that this teacher even bothers giving tests. I recently subbed for a teacher for a week and found he does not give tests. He shows a lot of movies and students do an assignment in class for a grade. They have no incentive to learn anything.
I subbed for another high school teacher where a couple students told me it was a "blow off" class. They write a lot of short papers in class but I got the impression the teacher doesn't seriously grade them. I've found that some teachers can grade an essay on appearance only and don't have to actually read them.
Why in the world would he store them in his car? That makes no sense. If he really wanted them trashed, he would have thrown them out.
Now, sometimes I JOKE that I throw papers down the staircase and those that land on the top step get an A, and the bottom step an F, but I am definitely joking.
Why in the world would he store them in his car? That makes no sense. If he really wanted them trashed, he would have thrown them out.
Now, sometimes I JOKE that I throw papers down the staircase and those that land on the top step get an A, and the bottom step an F, but I am definitely joking.
That method is pretty good for obtaining a Bell Curve distribution though.
FWIW.
I teach over 150 students a year, I only fail 4 or 5, basically if they NEVER hand in anything, or never attend. I grade everything as I move about the room. Doing detailed work, A, doing just enough B, sign your name and maybe a sentence or 2, D, F's for the rest. But...with our districts grading system, you only need 20% to pass, thus anyone can merely do 1 assignment of 5 and pass the class.
Some teachers do grade everything that crosses their desk; many of these are here "all the time" and end up; obese, alcoholic, under psychiatric care, marriage counseling, or simply quit. Their hard work in "grading" is so similar to my "on site" style, I don't see the point. Keep in mind it's a basic class, and they are learning basic skills, so I can do this in a project oriented class.
FWIW.
I teach over 150 students a year, I only fail 4 or 5, basically if they NEVER hand in anything, or never attend. I grade everything as I move about the room. Doing detailed work, A, doing just enough B, sign your name and maybe a sentence or 2, D, F's for the rest. But...with our districts grading system, you only need 20% to pass, thus anyone can merely do 1 assignment of 5 and pass the class.
Some teachers do grade everything that crosses their desk; many of these are here "all the time" and end up; obese, alcoholic, under psychiatric care, marriage counseling, or simply quit. Their hard work in "grading" is so similar to my "on site" style, I don't see the point. Keep in mind it's a basic class, and they are learning basic skills, so I can do this in a project oriented class.
We had an alcoholic teacher. He kept booze in his drawer at school. In the lunchroom we could smell it on his breath.
My daughter is in grad school and so grading tests and especially papers falls on her shoulders. She feeds them into a computer, and the computer analyzes them and tells her if they copied any language from any article, paper, thesis,or prior student's paper. It also tells her whether they address the key terms/concepts they are supposed to cover. It picks up grammar and spelling errors as well.
She still has to go and look at the terms or segments identified by the computer, but it does most of the work. She still reads the papers too, but apparently many or most of the TAs do not.
Anyway, I am wondering whether this system is used at the high school level or below, or only in college?
Only one that I KNEW of???? At least the only one I knew drank at work.
Another teacher came in high fairly often, but that is a whole different issue. He was our drug free schools coordinator too. SIGH.
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