Given this scenario, I would consider explicit communications to students that feedback on early assignments will help them improve work on subsequent assignments. They need to learn to detect their own errors and make corrections. In these types of courses, I structure the assignments so that the first assignment is fairly low stakes and subsequent assignments contribute increasing weight to the final grade. Then, if they do make use of the early feedback for later work, they can overcome an initial problem grade. Sometimes I've even allowed a rewrite of the first assignment (usually a very short assignment) based on feedback to improve the grade on that assignment (usually up to 90% of the points for the original assignment - so the max rewrite grade is a B) to encourage using feedback and correcting errors.
If they are making the same kinds of APA errors over and over again and want corrective feedback, I'd refer them to make an appointment for a consultation with the writing lab. Long ago, I did provide corrective feedback on early submissions and found that my students were just treating me like their copy editor. I was the one revising the final draft; they just made the changes and did nothing else. So I've stopped doing that, except for thesis students developing their proposal, thesis, and related pubs. Then I expect each of us to alternatively edit manuscripts in progress. You can nip the copy edit habit (and save some of your grading time) by offering diagnostic feedback on only the first two pages. But I prefer to get students practicing editing skills and do peer review whenever I can manage it within the constraints of deadlines. Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 – 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 [email protected] CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Wuensch, Karl L <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Tipsters, would any of the following affect your responses: > > > > These are doctoral students in a second semester quant course. > > > > There is a paper required every week. > > > > Each paper is an APA-Style results section presenting a > multivariate analysis of simulated data. > > > > The students have already been given examples of how to present > such results and a list of common errors made by previous students. > > > > It takes me about half an hour to evaluate a paper and make > constructive feedback. With 20 students, that is ten hours a week. > > > > The same errors tend to be repeated week after week by certain > students, despite prior feedback. Others turn in publication quality work > almost every time. > > > > I made the mistake of offering a revise and resubmit. Guess > what, now I get requests to check the revision before it is turned in for a > grade. > > > > Cheers, > > [image: Description: Karl L. > Wuensch]<http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/klw.htm> > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, January 31, 2011 4:45 PM > > *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > *Subject:* Re: [tips] Please check my paper BEFORE you grade it > > > > > > > > I usually tell my students who make such requests that it would not be fair > for me to do it just for her without extending the same offer to everyone > else. In turn, it would not be fair to me to have to read all student papers > twice. > > > > Miguel > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karl L Wuensch" <[email protected]> > To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" < > [email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 4:25:52 PM > Subject: [tips] Please check my paper BEFORE you grade it > > How best to handle the student request that you check her paper for > errors BEFORE you grade it so she can be sure to get a perfect paper when > she hands it in later? > > Cheers, > > Karl W. > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d550&n=T&l=tips&o=8292 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-8292-13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=8293 or send a blank email to leave-8293-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
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