Expected, Inspected, & Respected.
"We do not learn from experience … we learn from reflecting on experience."
-John Dewey |
"We do not learn from experience … we learn from reflecting on experience."
-John Dewey |
This was the first piece of advice given to us by our professor in our two-week, three-hour-a-day School Systems class. I love it. My six-year-old just received her last report card of grade one and we have been stressing to her that we really don't care about what the numbers are. We care far more about the comments given by the teachers because they give us a much more detailed picture of where she is at in her learning than a number between 1 and 4 or the letters C(onsistently), U(sually), S(ometimes), and R(arely).
It reminded me of this article from cultofpedagogy.com. Simply delaying the student from seeing their grade lets kids focus on the feedback and improve, rather than being blinded by the percentage or letter grade on the front of their assignment. I try to take my own advice as well, but it’s difficult when I know that scholarships are closely tied to our academic performance and my competitive nature gets the best of me. However, I try to remember that “Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves” (E. Joseph Cossman). For best results in learning, I will do what I can to get students to focus on the feedback and stop the grade grubbing from happening.
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David Wiebe
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