Douglas Reeves

FAST Grading (eBook, ePUB)

A Guide to Implementing Best Practices (Common Mistakes Educators Make with Grading Policies)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Embrace effective grading procedures that have the power to reduce failure rates, improve student discipline, encourage learning, and enhance morale. In this three-part guide, the author presents practical strategies teachers and administrators can use to ensure their grading practices center on four essential criteria: fairness, accuracy, specificity, and timeliness. Apply case studies, real-world feedback models, and interactive reflection questions gain support for grading reform, navigate implementation challenges, and more.

Benefits

• Discover effective guides to resolving student behavior problems, tardiness, and academic dishonesty.
• Learn about the five mistakes educators often make that cause grading reform to fail.
• Understand how to gain the support of stakeholders for grading reform, even when opinions differ.
• Study how bad grading practices waste teachers' time and how improved practices can save time.
• Consider the experiences of schools that have tackled grading challenges.
• Reflect on grading practices and plan improvements using exercises in every chapter.

Contents

Introduction FAST Grading: Fair, Accurate, Specific, and Timely

Part I Building Relationships with Teachers, Parents, and Communities

1 Preparing for FAST Grading

2 Finding Common Ground in the Grading Debate

3 Gaining Teachers' Perspectives on Grading

Part II Implementing FAST Grading and Improving Best Practices

4 Establishing FAST Grading

5 Implementing Time-Saving Strategies for Busy Teachers

6 Grading Student Behavior

Part III Considering FAST Feedback Throughout Schools, Systems, and Communities

7 Learning from Physical Education and the Arts

8 Considering the Contexts of Teaching and Leading

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Solution Tree Press
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781936763887
• Artikelnr.: 48176081