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Toying with a somewhat radical teaching idea

by J Hunt

Nov 16, 2012

Instead of creating a long multiple-choice-and-short-essay semester final -- well four of them, actually, for three preps and a co-op class -- what if I told students it's THEIR job to show me what they've learned this semester? I mean something like a portfolio, a reflection essay, a project or conference or display that they can set before me and explain how it demonstrates that they HAVE paid attention, they HAVE been productive, they HAVE grown intellectually over the past four and a half months.

Would their heads explode?

More importantly, do I really need to create criteria and a rubric, or do I toss those tasks their way, too? (The only criteria I was considering is that they cover literature, writing, and vocabulary somehow.)

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J Hunt On 11/17/12, marjoryt wrote: > I do understand your grading load; I will be facing 150 essays > the first week of December. I teach 1 section of Intermediate > English and 4 sections of Comp. 1 - they will ALL be writing > analytical essays.

It's not about the grading load at all; it's about requiring a degree of personal resp...See More

Nov 18, 2012

Vet Teacher The idea isn't all that radical - the use of this kind of assessment is on the rise.

If it were me, I'd be tempted to give them a choice but not a vote - it should be your decision certainly. Are you doing this to save yourself work? That's not a good reason... but overall I've never been a fan of multiple choice and I like the 'non-memor...See More

Nov 20, 2012

Sam J Here are my thoughts for what it is worth...

1) Like marjory, I feel that I would be doing my students a disservice if I did not require final exams. I have a nice mix of styles of questions and essays.

2) I really like your ideas, but in your second posting I though the ideas were too loosy, goosy. For instance, if you have stude...See More

Nov 26, 2012

retired If I were a student in your class, I would hate you forever if you assigned such a thing to me. You are the teacher/evaluator in this arrangement- you are supposed to keep up with my progress. If it's open to interpretation at all, I will do the least amount possible that I believe will net me a passing grade. Reflection? I hate the term- it's just...See More

Dec 4, 2012

Still Teaching After All These Years On 12/04/12, retired wrote: > If I were a student in your class, I would hate you forever if you > assigned such a thing to me. You are the teacher/evaluator in this > arrangement- you are supposed to keep up with my progress. If it's > open to interpretation at all, I will do the least amount possible > that I believe will net me a ...See More

Dec 4, 2012

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