Catlin Tucker
JULY 2, 2019
In a blog post I wrote titled Ask Yourself, Why Am I Grading This? , I encourage teachers to think about the purpose of the work students are doing and evaluate whether it makes sense for them to invest their time and energy grading that work. How is one teacher supposed to grade all of the work that 150+ students complete?
eSchool News
JUNE 2, 2017
Grading papers is still a daunting teaching duty. An important aspect of starting to use an online learning platform is to consider the type of assignments teachers want to grade. Although teachers can post quizzes, writing assignments, and projects, it is important to evaluate how much time teachers have to learn the system.
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Edsurge
MAY 9, 2023
And the way the grading system in education works has long bothered him. Gradually these quizzes and tests and timed assessments and the way it all fits together with points and averaging, it just wore her down,” Talbert says. After that, this professor vowed never to use traditional grades on tests again.
Catlin Tucker
AUGUST 18, 2015
This year as I was preparing for my own first day, I realized…my 9th and 10th grade students are perfectly capable of reading, so why would I spent 20 minutes of this precious first day reading to them? Students love taking online quizzes, so they enjoy the experience and I get to know their learning styles! So, I didn’t.
eSchool News
JANUARY 6, 2025
Today, Beanstack announces the addition of Book Talks with Benny, an AI-powered teachers assistant that promotes reading integrity without the need for quizzes or grading.
eSchool News
APRIL 10, 2025
The pre-made quizzes also offer instant feedback, helping students reflect on their learning process. I love that I can find a library of pre-created quizzes or create my own. According to a recent study, over 60 percent of educators believe traditional assessments fail to fully measure student understanding.
Catlin Tucker
JANUARY 25, 2019
Many teachers collect homework and take piles of student work home to grade. Homework is designed to be practice, so I’ve never understood why it is graded and often becomes punitive. I’d suggest using a quizzing tool that automatically grades the students’ answers (e.g., 3 Homework Check & Review.
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