Post on 22-May-2015
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Ryan Woodside……I teach kids biology
I teach kids…Chris Lehmann MLTI Summer Workshop 2009 Keynote
Language we use
I teach biology
Words matter
I teach KIDS biology
“A student should never be the implied object of their own education” - Chris Lehmann
My Old Gradebook*Every assignment was graded for points
Grade calculated by averaging points
*numbers were “massaged” to illustrate points about certain kids
Why It Doesn’t Work for Me Now
“Compliance Grading”
Easy for kids to copy assignments
Students completed work instead of learning
Did not give me info that I didn’t already know:
Bobby doesn’t do his homework
Jane doesn’t do well on tests
Sam does well on tests
Who are these kids academically?
Student A
“A” - does homework & classwork, gets A’s on test
Who are these kids academically?Student B
“C” - Does their classwork/homework but scores poorly on tests/quizzes
Who are these kids academically?Student C
“C” - Does no homework but gets A’s on the tests/quizzes
Who are these kids academically?Student D
“C” - passes in assignments late (for 50% credit) but scores well on tests/quizzes
Who are these kids academically?Student E
“C” - Did not get early material, but learned late material well on test
I want grades to tell me what my kids know
& can doVariance in “C” grades largely based on behavior/compliance not knowledge
“Grades are communication, not compensation” - Rick Wormeli
But HOW?
Interested in Standards-Based Grading for several years
Conceptually struggled with implementation
I want grades to tell me what my kids know
& can doMy A-HA Movement
Frank Noschese - June 2013 - The Spirit of SBG Post
“A traditional system done in the spirit of SBG is much, much better than an SBG system done poorly” - Frank Noschese
My Gradebook This Year Is…
Organized by unit, not assignment type
Homework “graded” in Habits of Work (HoW)
CategoryQuality Worker
Class Citizen
Collaborative Worker
More frequent, short quizzes over one conceptmostly student graded
can ask for retake (1/wk) by Google Form
Unit Tests organized by concept rather than question type
concept subscores reported out
Grade Summary Report for a student
Portion of grade report for same student
Process & Progress
process over the last 5+ years
not perfect
still a work in progress
But so far I’m happy with the results