On grades and grading : supporting student learning through a more transparent and purposeful use of grades / Timothy Quinn.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Education, [2013]Description: xiv, 121 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781610489119 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 161048911X (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781610489126 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1610489128 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB 3051 .Q57 2013
Contents:
Grades defined -- The pedagogical purposes of grades -- Grade inflation -- The forms grades take: numbers versus letters -- Determining summative grades -- Grading and failure -- Grading behaviors and dispositions -- Grading collaborative work -- Self-assessment and self-grading -- Technology and the grading process -- The issue of inconsistency -- The advantages and disadvantages of using rubrics -- How to report grades -- Shifting the focus from grades to learning.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Grades defined -- The pedagogical purposes of grades -- Grade inflation -- The forms grades take: numbers versus letters -- Determining summative grades -- Grading and failure -- Grading behaviors and dispositions -- Grading collaborative work -- Self-assessment and self-grading -- Technology and the grading process -- The issue of inconsistency -- The advantages and disadvantages of using rubrics -- How to report grades -- Shifting the focus from grades to learning.

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