FIAE: Chapter 12

This chapter I found that I could really relate to, where it deals with grading scales. The most popular are the 4 point scale and the 100 point scale. While I was in school I always had the 100 point scale, that was what I was used to having my teachers grade me by, and it is what I understood. Then my sophomore year of school some teachers started using the 4 point scale and I did not like it at all, because I didn't really understand it. When I started reading this chapter I automatically thought that I would prefer to use the 100 point scale as a teacher. But then as I read on I became convinced otherwise. The 100 point scale leaves room for a minus or plus letter translation, and the minus can be very discouraging for a student. The four point scale's allow students to understand what level they are at in their learning and focus less on a grade. The 100 point scale allows for a lot of room for different kinds of grades, too many, and the four point scale allows for an understanding of where the student is at, not down to an exact number. The focus is on learning and a four point scale puts the focus more on learning.