chapter 8

Abstract
This chapter is important to this issue of, are grade good or are they just a distraction. In this chapter its all about grading and how accurate they really are, they say in this chapter that grade are not suppose to be learn or work for the grades, but are suppose to be used to show learning. The class should not focused around the grade, unlike most education systems in the US where all we do is work for the grade. However this chapter outlines why we need grades, or should I say why teachers around the world are saying why we need grades. The say grading is suppose to document progress, give us feedback, and is also use to motivate and punish students. This chapter also goes into what should be graded, what should make up the majority of the grade. One of the big issues that this chapter looks at is grading participation in, they say that doing this is not bad but we cannot use it as a formal assessment because you cannot grade that formally.

Reflection
In this chapter all of us really did agree that we with each other that this chapter was really good for us. It gave us all a bit of insight into the grading process, how to grade fair, and also what we should and should not grade in our classrooms. But one thing that caught my eye and another persons eye in our groups was the small part about laziness in the classroom and how it is not really. How there is always a reason for students not wanting to do their work. However Audra and I agree that some students do have this, but that the fact of the matter is that students seem to have just a general disregard for homework and school in general and that this seems to me a trend that is just getting worse in our country. I know that this is just two people opinions in our group buti think this is an important issue, and I would think that chelase and gordo would also agree with us on this matter.

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