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Case: Quantity or Quality?
In my classroom, my students are required to complete written responses in our reading and language that are typically integrated with social studies and science topics. These responses ask students to create a response using higher levels of thinking based on Bloom's Taxonomy. The assignment I will mention states:
"How did John Brown's beliefs and ideals impact his actions?"
One student, we will call him Student A, responds in great length and truly explains his thinking and uses specific examples that we have read about in our social studies texts, our read-alouds, and our guided reading text. I can really get a grasp on this student's understanding of the topic through his thorough response. Student B responds in one sentence. I can gauge his understanding through his response, but it just seems to lack in comparison to Student A's response.
Which should have the better grade? I honestly think the quality and quantity is better in Student A's response, but Student B did actually answer the question, but very poorly.
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
In the modern classrooms, there are levels of learning and skills. Teachers should be aware of the skill levels. I will suggest to this teacher to create a rubric that explicitly state how and why to answer the questions. Also, teachers can offer their students a wealth of knowledge by modeling the written strategy or response for the desired product. I teach my students to write in paragraphs. For example, students state their claim, then provide evidence from the text, and finally elaborate with an explanation. This modeling strategy has breathed life into the constructed response assignments in my 9-11 grades classes. |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is original |
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| Comments: Yes, have found that modeling the expectation is always helpful for students. I did not think to add that as a suggestion in my post. |
| Rated On: October 20, 2014 12:20 am |
| Rated By: MeVetu |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is original |
Yes
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| Comments: I agree with this solution. |
| Rated On: October 20, 2014 1:21 am |
| Rated By: suNypy |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is original |
Yes
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| Comments: If I were in this situation, I would exactly do this. The teacher needs to frame how they want the topic to be answered so that they don't get vastly different responses from the students. |
| Rated On: February 24, 2015 8:32 pm |
| Rated By: tuWyDe |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is original |
Yes
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| Comments: |
| Rated On: March 8, 2021 2:05 am |
| Rated By: turyhu |
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