Monday, March 02, 2009

A is for Achievement...E is for Effort

Below please read a terrific NYT letter by a Math professor regarding the issue of grading vs effort.

"Instead of dwelling on the few of my students who feel entitled to a high grade, I prefer to think of the many who accept their grades, or who question a grade to find out whether I made an error in grading (which does happen) — or even, to find out how to do better. "
Thomas Zaslavsky
Binghamton, N.Y., Feb. 23, 2009
The writer is a professor of mathematics at Binghamton University, SUNY.

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