Gina, I so empathize with you, even though I've never had to give grades. Since I have no experience, my opinion is not as worthwhile, but from a purely intellectual point of view, the only grading I can imagine is with rubrics. We've gotten sophisticated writing them (and teachers of older kids can coach those kids to write rubrics well after some work on doing so) that I think they can definitely "objectify" what used to be a subjective "guess." Does anyone else on the list have articles or books or sites they'd recommend to help with this dilemma/rubric development? I think it is fascinating to see well-written rubrics and how they really can nail why you think what you think when you "guess" a grade, etc. holistically. Good luck.
A large group of MOT members are classroom teachers, so I am certain you face this dilemma as well, but I rarely hear anyone address the grading component. Why is that? Do you all have a secret you can share? (-: Gina _________________________________________________________________ With Windows Live for mobile, your contacts travel with you. http://www.windowslive.com/mobile/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_mobile_052008 _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
