tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post3135766583155051346..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: HomeworkDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-63344112532246462542011-07-21T10:20:17.001-07:002011-07-21T10:20:17.001-07:00Sadly, though, Mr. Chandler, those kids who didn&#...Sadly, though, Mr. Chandler, those kids who didn't really learn anything but pass go on to high school where we assume they've learned something--and so do the kids.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-17762791342536538562011-07-01T23:47:51.422-07:002011-07-01T23:47:51.422-07:00I agree that grades will go down. At my school (m...I agree that grades will go down. At my school (middle), doing the homework is the only thing that has saved many a student.W.R. Chandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908482384887766964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-83839656688047248102011-06-27T20:34:20.855-07:002011-06-27T20:34:20.855-07:00We weight grades accordingly. Homework/Daily grade...We weight grades accordingly. Homework/Daily grades-20%<br />Short term assignments (more than one day)-30%<br />Projects or exams-50%Ellen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845981491726296767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-67145196716532010962011-06-27T11:34:09.421-07:002011-06-27T11:34:09.421-07:00The criteria for grading shouldn't include eff...The criteria for grading shouldn't include effort, at least beyond a point or two to raise an F or a D to the next grade (but not to move from C to B or B to A) in a non-inflated grading scheme. I was burned on that as a kid, because I could get As without trying in ES (tiny school) and my kids were burned on that in big schools. One of my kids was given a B+ in honors algebra II because of incomplete homework, even though he had no quiz or test grade below 95 - we didn't have a problem with that until we found that a classmate who had one D, one C and all other quizzes and tests below that was given an A because her homework was complete and correct. That is outright fraud and did the teacher ever wonder who did the homework?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com