Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Grading Test Relection

Today, in class, you all diligently graded your tests in groups, collaborating on the correct answers and discussing any discrepancies. Please reflect upon the process; you must respond to the question and ALSO respond to one other person's comment for full credit.

By grading collaboratively-What did it teach you? What did you take away? Was this a good measure of your learning and effort? Do you believe your group was honest and forthcoming in giving, or not giving, credit to individuals? Were there any problems?

5 Comments:

Blogger Mike W. said...

Grading other's papers showed me how much differently we think as individuals. It made me realize how important people are to the creation of modern technology. How you can express your thoughts are an unique thing you need to look at. Looking at your thoughts makes you a more understanding person to the world around you! Even writing this blog shows people how my thoughts are so important to well...anything! So next time you express your thoughts, think about how much the person next to you could use that thought for something unimaginable.

5:57 PM  
Blogger Brianne D. said...

Usually I don't like my classmates grading my work, but I enjoyed how this method worked today. Especially today, it taught me that in literature there are many ways to interpret a story. There were so many different answers, which meant that there are no wrong answers. The idea I took away from this is that as long as you support your answer and it makes sense, it is correct, because it's your interpretation. I believe this was a good measure of learning, because you got to hear other people’s answers and in a way see their personalities through how they interpreted the story. I think my group was fair and gave credit where needed, because we would read the answer and then justify by if it made sense or we would ask another group member. This was helpful because we got a second opinion. I liked what Tyler said was true, because if you think about how we graded we did have a big responsibility on our hands. Our classmate’s grades and learning was on our shoulders.

8:06 PM  
Blogger kevin y said...

By grading each others paper in class today it tought me that we all have a different way of saying things. Like what Alex said I think I will be more opened minded towards others, and see that I did not get the only right answer. I think that it was a good thing and that we should do it more often because I thought that I learned a lot from it. I believe that our group was very honest and we definitely gave each other the amount that we deserved. I don't remember any problems that we had but I think that we might have had a few.

8:08 PM  
Blogger Joyce B. said...

Grading collaboratively taught me that it helps to have a group. If you’re not sure about an answer and you want to be fair you can ask another member of the group what their opinion is. I found that it is very hard to grade someone else’s test because we weren't even positive what the correct answers were. Also it is hard for me to give someone a bad grade even if I am not their friend, but I tried my best to be fair. I think it was a good measure of our learning and effort because, you can tell who in your group was just trying to get it done and who was putting a lot of thought and effort in to it. I think mostly my group was honest, but I think I got a lower grade than I earned because at first the person grading my test marked me down for not having a flashback. I think their were problems of giving someone to high or low of a score even when that wasn't meant. I agree with Jenna that you have to try hard when grading someone else’s paper to be fair because everyone should get the grade they earned.

9:45 PM  
Blogger Max L said...

By grading with a lot of different people it showed what work we can get done. We graded but with the help of a lot of different people. When i was going to grade something wrong or right one of the other team members gave his opinion. So what i thought was a wrong answer may have turned into a right answer, or the other way around. It was fun but we managed to get work done in the process, I worked on one paper and so did everyone else. Even for us with all guys we still managed to get work done.

10:02 PM  

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