He’d accidentally exposed a yet-to-be-announced grading policy (the “fifty-percent” rule). The teachers in the room were apoplectic. To them, giving half credit to a student who turned in no ...
A recent survey of nearly 1,000 K-12 teachers found that about half had seen “equitable” grading policies used in their ...
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The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on artificial intelligence platforms, and whether it’s hypocritical for teachers to use these tools while forbidding students from doing the same. By Kwame Anthony ...
Most students want to learn, but don’t see the conventional educational approach — including grades — as providing a particularly good framework for learning. Credit: Yuenen Bonaparte for The ...
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