Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Monday, October 15, 2012 (1250 -1645)
I now realize that grading is not as easy as it looks! Hmmm' just like teaching! I graded 28 students' genograms and their accompanied written papers. The genograms were very creative, unique to their author's family. Marla graded three with me and then allowed me to stay in her office and grade the rest. I had to admit, I was very hesitant to use ink, so I made corrections in pencil. Marla told me I could do several in pencil and eventually use ink, but I was so unsure about my grading capabilities that I had to use pencil. It is amazing how something so simple can be so intimidating. This was the very first time I had ever really graded anything in my life. I followed her rubric and tried to be very consistent. It was quite an experience, but I learned to grade genograms.
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You sure find cute graphics to enhance your blog! Love Tigger's genogram. (grin).
ReplyDeleteYes grading is hard. My own experience finds it THE hardest thing about teaching right below writing exam questions. But it is an essential part of the teaching and learning process. It takes practice to get good or even faster at it. But you will, over time, find it gets a bit easier I think. It is amazing how much students crave feedback! They want to know how well they are learning and are they doing it "right" and how can they improve. I like to find ways to give the PL students opportunities for ungraded feedback - easier to do in my writing courses than other courses. They really seem to appreciate and benefit from it. It makes more work for me, but hey - that's my job (to help students learn). Keep up the good (grading) work Dinorah.