tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19293986.post6345113582904680247..comments2023-05-21T07:33:30.569-07:00Comments on Cal Educator Blog: Transparency?Kevin Bibohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13654579856917129113noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19293986.post-64639516347827518302008-04-18T18:54:00.000-07:002008-04-18T18:54:00.000-07:00I like how you use a checklist rubric for each ass...I like how you use a checklist rubric for each assignment. I am going to start using this in my own classroom. I need to get my students to take more responsibility for their learning and I think this is a great way to do that. Thank you for the sharing. <BR/><BR/>Check out my blog. <BR/>www.esl-melissa.blogspot.comMelissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16175341747532826817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19293986.post-45003888943235602142008-03-25T09:14:00.000-07:002008-03-25T09:14:00.000-07:00I agree that the arbitrary grade your colleague ga...I agree that the arbitrary grade your colleague gave to his student due to perceived lack of effort is unfair, but I also wonder if the assignment was not challenging enough to that student to encourage much effort.<BR/><BR/>Do you believe that some students need different grading criteria? I am just starting to introduce differentiation into my classroom, and the assignments my students are working on right now will be the first where the scoring criteria is different for different students. I did not choose the scoring criteria -- the students did. Some of them are choosing harder projects of their own volition, and they seem to have matched themselves to the difficulty of the assignments well. <BR/><BR/>I have students who are capable but whom I could generally label as "lazy" making themselves do the most challenging assignment and finally getting the rigor I want them to get out of my class.<BR/><BR/>I also have students who struggle succeeding, with an appropriate amount of effort, in working towards the grade-level standard (none of the options I offered do not meet the state standards). <BR/><BR/>They are all coming from different levels, and I do think growth is more important than grades, so in some ways I understand your colleagues desire to grade a student who isn't trying lower. I think he went about it the wrong way, however. It would have been more appropriate to challenge that student more.<BR/><BR/>Of course, this is coming from a teacher just trying this out for the first time. What do you think? I don't know if you have addressed the topic of differentiation yet as I have only just begun reading your blog, so maybe I will find my answer as I continue reading.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the reading material. <BR/><BR/>-M (another CA teacher)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com