Date: 11-05-2007
Book: UbD/DI
Chapter: Eight
Write a brief abstract of the chapter.
Chapter eight discussed some basic principles teachers should incorporate into their grading systems for a differentiated classroom. It also dealt with how different grading systems can harm the motivation of some students, and to accommodate grades accordingly for each individual student. It also suggested using forms of alternative grading systems (i.e. not using the traditional A, B, C, etc.) which seemed to be a very novel and intriguing approach that some school systems are already implementing.
How did you connect to the reading and briefly reflect on your thoughts.
One of the most important aspects to the chapter was motivational loss of students due to certain types of grading systems. I found this to be a crucial aspect of grading because each teacher has a different system, and one of those systems has negatively affected every one of us in some way, shape, or form. I mostly connected to their discussion of avoiding using a mean grading system (principle five) because factoring in zeroes can severely effect a students overall grade while at the same time be a poor indication of student learning and understanding. The suggestion of using a 50 or some other numerical value seemed to be an easy and perfect solution to such a problem.
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