tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post4849611609856467400..comments2024-02-28T18:29:41.120-08:00Comments on Not of General Interest: The "get it done" grading systemundinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-793359528953527032012-12-07T23:22:17.701-08:002012-12-07T23:22:17.701-08:00I am very get it done on grading. With breaks and ...I am very get it done on grading. With breaks and so on but single focus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-73627248022633651232012-12-07T23:21:54.616-08:002012-12-07T23:21:54.616-08:00I am very get it done on grading. With breaks and ...I am very get it done on grading. With breaks and so on but single focus. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-90285445266931324552012-12-07T12:29:08.063-08:002012-12-07T12:29:08.063-08:00WhatNow--someone should give you a gold star for t...WhatNow--someone should give you a gold star for those turnaround times. I agree: they learn more if they get the papers back sooner, and taking longer leads to over-commenting. <br /><br />Nitewriter--that sounds like a good system, too, and the good papers can be a reward for getting the others done. I had to go in the other direction (mixing good and bad) because of procrastinating about starting to grade if I knew the bad ones were up first. undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-32498150918161868792012-12-06T05:02:21.617-08:002012-12-06T05:02:21.617-08:00I grade the weakest writer's papers first. Tha...I grade the weakest writer's papers first. That way my brain is fresh and I can provide a lot of valuable feedback before the frustration sets in. Once those are done, I zip through the better and best papers pretty fast. Really fast, actually. But they still get a lot of feedback - it's not as hard to find the right things to say. Nitewriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02003748081529399564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-43064906021652241752012-12-06T04:04:54.412-08:002012-12-06T04:04:54.412-08:00I have totally migrated to a "get 'er don...I have totally migrated to a "get 'er done" philosophy over the last few years (whereas I used to be a "5 per day" person). Partly this is because I teach HS now, and so I have smaller classes that tend to do smaller assignments -- easier to plow one's way through any one pile -- and also they do more assignments, so it's crucial to stay on top of it because the work to be graded just keeps coming in! This year I'm trying to get things back within 2 or 3 days for short papers and one week for longer papers, and I haven't yet gone over one week (except for one class that didn't meet one Monday because of a holiday, but I'm not counting that). I feel like I'm always racing now, trying to get things graded faster and faster ... but I'd rather that than the feeling of dread that I used to walk around with, knowing that the pile of grading just kept looming. Also, of course (and again, maybe especially with HS students), I think students learn more from my response on their papers if they are still pretty close to the writing experience, so faster feedback leads to better learning. Also, it used to be that the longer I took to grade, the longer I felt the comments needed to be on the work; going faster, I don't over-comment.What Now?https://www.blogger.com/profile/04017629066466055668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-36429089719549276302012-12-05T15:10:57.973-08:002012-12-05T15:10:57.973-08:00Flavia--thanks for stopping by! I loved your post ...Flavia--thanks for stopping by! I loved your post on grading. <br />About the papers: I give them the choice of handing in their essay in either format. Some students prefer handwritten comments, so they hand in a paper copy, and some like typed comments, so they upload an electronic version. I used to make them all use one format (sometimes papers or sometimes electronic), but since it really didn't matter to me, I gave them the choice. I used to miss the diminishing stack of papers feeling that you're talking about, but crossing off the names seems to satisfy that. undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-43705432653075346742012-12-05T12:36:39.944-08:002012-12-05T12:36:39.944-08:00This is great--and I totally agree about the "...This is great--and I totally agree about the "cool tools." I'll also have to try the cross-name-off-list method, which sounds like it would satisfy my own OCD compulsions.<br /><br />But I'm curious about your paper versions vs. electronic versions: do you mean that you grade the same essay BOTH in hard copy and in an electronic version? How does that work?<br /><br />I'm getting an iPad soon, and I'm really interested in the grading possibilities. But I do feel that hefting the paper into a physical pile gives me a tangible sense of accomplishment that I'm not sure has an equivalent satisfaction with electronic grading...Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.com