Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         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!) This really depends on what one is trying to measure. First you must ask yourself if you are trying to assess the student's knowledge of Brown's decision to raid Harper's Ferry or the student's ability to write a meaningful response. On the other hand, if both are what you are trying to accomplish, I would create a rubric or student checklist and include both the information about the topic, and the expectations for the constructed response.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: Rated On: March 8, 2021 2:05 am Rated By: turyhu