Summary of The Week

8 Steps to Meaningful Grading

Journal made by Heather Deddeh, Erin Main, and Sharon Ratzlaff Fulkerson

What is the difference between traditional grading and standard-based grading?

·        Traditional grading is grading based on behavior, class work, practice, attendance, neatness, etc.

·         Standard-based grading is grading based on test especially summative assessment.

The 8 steps:

Journal Review

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Journal's Title:

Children’s self-assessment of their school work in elementary school

By:

Anastasia D. Elder*

Counseling and Educational Psychology, Mississippi State University, USA

(Received 19 June 2008; accepted 1 October 2008)

The writer’s research is to understand elementary student self-assessment that is how they reflect on their own learning in school.

Writer’s questions:

• From what sources do children gather information about their progress?
• What sorts of criteria or standards do students use in evaluating themselves?
• How does self-assessment change with age and schooling?