Posted on 12/24/2020 4:33:33 PM PST by xomething
Pernicious grading practices start out as pernicious pedagogy.
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Think of grading as the output: If your programming code is bad, the output of the program will always be bad.
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One thing we understand from Universal Design for Learning is that there are multiple ways a kid can express their knowing. And so if you know 2+2=4, one way you can express your knowing is by writing it. Another way you can express your knowing is by discussing it. A third way is by creating a model that shows it. A fourth way is by illustrating it and a fifth way is by performing a play. But in too many schools, only one way is considered legitimate. So if you write it, you get an A and that's it. There might be 100 kids in the school who know 2+2=4, but if only two of those kids can write it, then only two of those kids will receive As. That is profoundly discriminatory.
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The first is the ideology of should know. There's this false belief that if a 2nd grader walked into my classroom, there are certain things she should know. Rather, it's our job as teachers to discern what students do know and then move them forward.
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The third is the ideology of deservedness. Even though grading is about proficiency, it often gets conflated with behavior. You can have a student who is proficient at calculus, but if the teacher doesn't like the fact that they are consistently late to class, that kid gets marked down. Again, there's an unspoken pact teachers have with their children: I will agree to teach you well if you demonstrate to me that you deserve it.
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“You know who not to flunk”
Who says 2 + 2 = 4? That’s part of the white male patriarchy way of thinking.
“Who says 2 + 2 = 4?”
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Well, racists say that... don’t cha know. /s
Being able to “write” 2 + 2 = 4 is “profoundly discriminatory?”
It is said that mathematics is the universal language.
So this person is in favor of illiteracy?
Promoting failure because of color
Reminded of that politically incorrect joke of Little Leroy being told to use ‘before’ in a sentence.
“Easy,” he said, “two an’ two befo’”.
Good one.
Pretty much it looks like.
These kids will perform your heart bypass one day.
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