Sunday, July 8, 2007
A New Way of Grading
I found Ellsworth's article on how she changed her grading system and methodology for reading her students' papers facinating. Wouldn't it be wonderful if all professors took our different reading styles into consideration and asked us how they wanted us to read and critique our papers? I think that her statement that the "interaction between students and new information is performative...different students readings will vary considerably." I know that I read differently than the person next to me. This article also helped me to examine the way in which I take comprehend the information I read. I also thought about the papers I had my students write. What would happen if I asked them to tell me how they would like me to read their papers? I can't answer this question, but I would like to try it when I get back to school. If nothing else, it would be a great learning experience for both myself and the students. A role reversal might take place where teacher becomes student and student becomes teacher (Regelski's role typification).
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In my own writing process, I used to think that I convey what I want the professor to glean from my paper by presenting my thesis or stance and then defending it. I don't know that this would happen in a reflection paper. Although there may be an over-arching concept in that case, such papers are introspective rather than argumentative. The paper, and thus, the feedback, should be more about students' processes and journeys with course content and ideas. I wonder then, how Ellsworth's article would apply to the more formal, argumentative papers...
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