Ame E. Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I am not sure how to do this, but here goes. For Marine Biology, we are not doing labs. We are doing tests. He does answer OYOs and does do the study guides. He also fills in worksheets. Basically, I look to see that they are done and answered correctly. Do I give him credit for work handed in? Like the OYOs and study guide? Also, if I have written a comment, and he has not responded to it, what do I do? Right now, I have averaged his tests for his grade. I am not sure (since we are not doing labs with this course) how to count questions/homework assignments. Please advise. Math is straightforward. No problem there. With religion, he gets assigned questions that he answers (similar in a way to biology). They are study guide questions. I have made comments some of which he has responded to, but most of them no. He will have one exam, and has handed in two papers (he's working on one). Basically he does answer questions with me orally. Again, as with science, do I count the study guide questions for a grade or just use tests and papers? Thanks Ame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I would count everything turned in as a grade. How you weight it is another thing though. I tend to count tests twice. So the OYO questions and study guide would be written once in my grade book and then tests would be written twice. Each chapter would have 4 grades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 For Marine Biology, we are not doing labs. We are doing tests. He does answer OYOs and does do the study guides. He also fills in worksheets. Basically, I look to see that they are done and answered correctly. Do I give him credit for work handed in? Like the OYOs and study guide? Also, if I have written a comment, and he has not responded to it, what do I do? Right now, I have averaged his tests for his grade. I am not sure (since we are not doing labs with this course) how to count questions/homework assignments. Please advise. Depends on your goals. If your goal is long term mastery of the material, I would give one final exam, or at max one test a month and base the grade on that. If your goal is to reward diligently doing many assignments, then count homework and questions and daily work. I personally do not give credit for these kinds of things; to me, homework serves to practice and reinforce the material, and performance is measured by one comprehensive exam in math and by monthly exams in science. YMMV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ame E. Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 This is a kid who has organization problems.. so I want to see everything in black in white, printed out in the notebook. I am counting tests.. but I don't grade the questions per se... I make sure they are done.. If they are not done, then I make him do them... but I don't grade them. I want to give him credit for questions done, and take credit away for questions NOT DONE... but I don't actually grade the questions.. I am trying to get him to master the material and to get better work habits... Ame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 This is a kid who has organization problems.. so I want to see everything in black in white, printed out in the notebook. I am counting tests.. but I don't grade the questions per se... I make sure they are done.. If they are not done, then I make him do them... but I don't grade them. I want to give him credit for questions done, and take credit away for questions NOT DONE... but I don't actually grade the questions.. I am trying to get him to master the material and to get better work habits... Ame You mentioned that you have written comments that he hasn't responded to. Does he know that you want him to respond? I ask because I would often get comments on papers that were along the line of "Did you consider xx?" or "How was this influenced by YY?" I usually took them as a intended to be thought provoking, but not to require a response or rewrite from me. More to help me see how I could have made the paper better in order to do better the next time. So if you want him to come back and discuss something, then you might need to lay that out specifically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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