FIAE: Chapter 11

This chapter deals with specific issues a teacher may encounter when it comes to grading and provides solutions or suggestions for these problems. The first problem is the big zero burning in a grade book which can really be the downfall of a student, with just one zero. It is suggested that a zero should be replaced by a 60 for fairness, so that it won't completely ruin a students overall grade. They provide many convincing arguments for replacing a sixty with a zero, and the most convincing of all is that all grades including A,B,C and D have a range of about ten points, but then an F has a sixty point range, with this they had me convinced from the beginning of the chapter because I never thought of that before. If I do use this method as a teacher I just need to be sure that students do not take advantage of this. Next was dealing with gifted students where basically when grading them it is important to show the highest grade that they have obtained in a higher level class. Then it goes on to state that weighting grades is basically not a good idea which I completely agree with because it is not a good reflection of the students mastery. Grading is supposed to show not just a letter but it should provide some sort of feedback in a way and provide a good snapshot of where a student is at in their learning.