Grading and Accountability
In the Jones text, it speaks to quality control. It is important to look to the cost of quality control, the production that quality control can enhance, and the cost of accountability and checking work. Jones states that for quality control to work is to "train students to come up to our standards rather than for us to lower our standards to match their work ethic" and to have "excellence" as the "natural outcome" (Jones 100). There are a few types of quality control checks that enhance production in the classroom. These types include: "Say, see , do teaching" which means to walk students through the assignment from beginning to end and "checking their work after every step" (Jones 103). There is "structured practice" which includes "creating perfect practice , and the students approaching automaticity" meaning that students learn by practicing over and over until it becomes natural process (Jones 103). These types of quality control help with work checking. If these processes are in place than natural teachers can go into action instead of being the "bop til you drop" teachers. The "bop til you drop" teachers literally are always working harder to answer questions about the assignment instead of getting the assignment done (Jones 105). Therefore, quality goes right out the window. The natural teachers "put the students to work" and provided "guided practice" not working to death to keep correcting procedures (Jones 105).
In the two websites, it gave a list of tips for grading and rubrics. These tips are best practices from other teachers which help new teachers come up with a better system. Its better to do what works than to learn by trial and error. These tips including grading during recess or having peer to peer work check. This allows for teachers to stream line the grading process by using techniques that work.
In the two websites, it gave a list of tips for grading and rubrics. These tips are best practices from other teachers which help new teachers come up with a better system. Its better to do what works than to learn by trial and error. These tips including grading during recess or having peer to peer work check. This allows for teachers to stream line the grading process by using techniques that work.