Posted on 03/04/2021 7:39:56 AM PST by C19fan
Two writing professors at St. Olaf College are calling on their faculty peers and campus writing tutors to prioritize what they call “labor-based grading,” which puts a de-emphasis on calling out and correcting traditional writing errors.
“This approach to responding to student writing prioritizes students’ process and growth instead of a single standard of writing,” stated writing professors Bridget Draxler and Diane LeBlanc in an article on the college’s website.
(Excerpt) Read more at thecollegefix.com ...
Comes with a trophy also to improve self-esteem.
I remember reading that Polynesian tribes would ornately decorate their war canoes on the belief that the labor and effort spent automatically made it a better boat in battle. This primitive labor theory of value comes naturally to humans but is empirically inferior to modern maxim of “work smarter, not harder.” It is another example how “progressives” in practice are really regressive.
I can see this for third graders but college students??? Come on, now.
If they did this for, say, basketball, I might be able to make the team. “Drill shoots from the 15-point line...”
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Cannot teach handwriting or do math or speak proper english correctly. Common core designed to dumb down Americans.
Spelling and grammar are racist??
These are not educators.
An educator would worry about clarity and precision in writing. These fools worry about “effort.”
Just more participation prizes.
Most kids shouldn’t go to collegeCollege is the new high school. And remedial at many of them.
IOW, education isn't necessary in schools.
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