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2018

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Grading

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Distributive Justice And Equity In Grading: A New Instructor’S Reflections, Molly Malany Sayre Jan 2018

Distributive Justice And Equity In Grading: A New Instructor’S Reflections, Molly Malany Sayre

Molly Sayre

The author reflects upon early teaching experiences to identify a conflict between minimal distributive justice, or the distribution of goods that ensures all individuals have an acceptable level of that good (Deutsch, 1985), and grading of students’ assignments. Instead of addressing the unequal distribution of college preparedness among her students, the author’s grading reflected and potentially reinforced educational, racial, and economic inequalities. In agreement with Anastas (2010), an ethic of social justice is recommended for use in social work education. Social work educators can provide greater access to resources (e.g., the instructor’s time) for students experiencing disadvantages that affect their …

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Reducing Your Time: Self-Assessment Practices That Work, Stephen Fitzmaurice Dec 2017

Reducing Your Time: Self-Assessment Practices That Work, Stephen Fitzmaurice

Stephen Fitzmaurice

This paper outlines efforts to teach critical thinking skills for students and reduce grading time. Faculty in
the educational interpreting program stopped providing direct feedback on their interpreted work and
implemented a self-assessment only system of assessment. As part of this process students were taught and
then graded on the efficacy of their self-assessment of their own interpreting work. This has fundamentally
altered program and course assessments and reduced the amount of time it takes for grading and
evaluation. Findings indicate implementing self-assessments throughout each course, improves students’
actual interpreting performance as evidenced by higher Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment
(EIPA) …

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