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I've been teaching a long time, but I'm noticing a shift in my practice. A lot of it has to do with participating in the AAMU Writing Project in June 2003. But I'm focusing more on my feelings and experience as teacher. Let's see if I can explain this better. For instance, I believe that grades hinder students' learning. Now, how can I really deal with that in a system that requires me to grade. Well, let's take the in-class essay exam for 203 & 204. Until this semester, this is how I structured assignment:- pass out format & discuss
- thesis workshop
- students write essay in class and hand in
- I read essays, highlight rubric, add comments, give grade
- if students want to revise, they meet with me
- students write summary of conference, revise paper, write summary of what they did to revise & hand it all in along with original paper and rubric
- I read revision, conference & revision summary, and mark rubric with a different colored highlighter & assign new grade
What's wrong with this picture? Writing a summary of how one has revised helps to focus attention on revision process but only after the revision is done.
This is how I'm revising the in-class essay assignment:
- same as steps 1-3 above
- I check off that essays have been done and staple rubric but don't look at essays
- hand essays out in class for peer review
- reviewers scan paper & highlight 3 sentences on writer's paper: thesis, reason 1, reason 2
- reviewers read more carefully and highlight rubric
- reviewers write additional comments & return to writer
- writer & reviewer can discuss review
- writer responds to reviewer's comments in writing and turns in
- I take essays home and read essay, read rubric and peer reviewer's comments, comment on all of that and add my own highlight on rubric
- return essays & students read all comments & write a revision plan
- I collect essays again, comment on revision plan, return papers
- writers revise, hand in, I highlight rubric, assign grade, return
posted by Sandra @ 7:13 AM
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