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posted Jan 2, 2015, 7:59 AM by Karra Shimabukuro
So
one of my goals this semester is to focus on feedback. I want to make
sure I'm giving more feedback, better feedback, electronic feedback. So I
have feedback on the brain.
So feedback associated posts are popping out to me. These two sites came across my radar this morning:
I like this idea of not giving grades, of refocusing students on feedback and improvement versus grade obsession.
Given
the restrictions I have with my program, I don't know if I can do any
of this, but I plan on asking and one way I thought I could do it is to
give students the option to "Opt out" of interim grades, receiving only
feedback and progress reports, but receiving a final grade. It would be
completely optional. I could present it as a less stress, refocus
approach which some students might appreciate.
One thing I am implementing this semester is mandatory conferences on the day each assignment is due. And I plan on using this
form (modified from the first site above) to guide our conferences and get students thinking about their own progress.
What
do you guys think? Would a focus on feedback over grades improve
student performance? Those of you who have moved towards this, how do
you do it? What does it look like? What, if any, pushback did you
receive?
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