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Category Archives: Grading
PBL Field Guide: Who forms your learning team?
The Professional Learning Communities reflection in Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age challenges the reader to model collaborative learning, learn and share, and develop learning teams. This is right in line with our Learning … Continue reading
Translating Rubric Scores When You Have To…
I work and learn with several teams using rubrics to promote learning and growth. We have been working to translate our 4-point rubric scores to the 100-point scale required by our school. It is that time of year. We want … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment, Grading, Learning, Questions
Tagged 100-point scale, 4-point rubric, grading, logistic, power law, rubric, SBG, standards based grading, translation table
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Being Slow…Mindset…2nd Chances…Learning
On the drive to school yesterday morning AS (age 6) explained to me that she was the slowest in her class. It was very matter of fact. “I am the slowest in class, Momma. I finish last every time. It … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment, Grading, Learning, Questions
Tagged 2nd Chance Tests, deep practice, formative assessment, math, Mindset, self-efficacy, Talent Code
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Learning from Leveling, Self-Assessment, and Formative Assessment
We have been back at school for 4 days. The first day was dedicated to exam analysis, exam corrections, and peer editing. The second day we talked briefly about graphing simple exponential function and negative exponents and then worked more … Continue reading
Grade Reporting: To comment or not to comment…that is the question!
Grades – A Measure or a Rank from It’s About Learning along with an impromptu tweetup with @occam98 have prompted me to question the value of the comments I have written to accompany my grades this semester. For a little background, … Continue reading
Posted in Grading, Questions
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Could it be as simple as adding rather than subtracting?
I prefer to think of myself as their coach. “I coach kids to learn algebra” says that I am dedicated to my kids. “I teach 8th grade algebra” indicates that my dedication may be to the content. Being their coach does … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment, Grading, Learning, Questions
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