Fast Grading: A Guide to Implementing Best Practices - Couverture souple

Reeves, Douglas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1936763877 ISBN 13 : 9781936763870

Editeur : Solution Tree, 2016

Synopsis

Embrace effective grading procedures that have the power to reduce failure rates, improve student discipline, encourage learning, and enhance morale. In this three-part guide, the author presents practical strategies teachers and administrators can use to ensure their grading practices center on four essential criteria: fairness, accuracy, specificity, and timeliness. Apply case studies, real-world feedback models, and interactive reflection questions gain support for grading reform, navigate implementation challenges, and more.

Benefits

• Discover effective guides to resolving student behavior problems, tardiness, and academic dishonesty.
• Learn about the five mistakes educators often make that cause grading reform to fail.
• Understand how to gain the support of stakeholders for grading reform, even when opinions differ.
• Study how bad grading practices waste teachers' time and how improved practices can save time.
• Consider the experiences of schools that have tackled grading challenges.
• Reflect on grading practices and plan improvements using exercises in every chapter.

Contents

Introduction FAST Grading: Fair, Accurate, Specific, and Timely

Part I Building Relationships with Teachers, Parents, and Communities

1 Preparing for FAST Grading

2 Finding Common Ground in the Grading Debate

3 Gaining Teachers' Perspectives on Grading

Part II Implementing FAST Grading and Improving Best Practices

4 Establishing FAST Grading

5 Implementing Time-Saving Strategies for Busy Teachers

6 Grading Student Behavior

Part III Considering FAST Feedback Throughout Schools, Systems, and Communities

7 Learning from Physical Education and the Arts

8 Considering the Contexts of Teaching and Leading

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Solution Tree
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1936763877
• ISBN 13: 9781936763870
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible