Quinn, who teaches English and moral philosophy at a college preparatory school, examines the nature of grades, the process through which they are determined, and their relationship to student learning, with the aim of improving grading systems and policies. He discusses the definition of grades; their pedagogical purposes to provide feedback and data for decision making and motivate students, and how this affects student learning in different ways; and issues and approaches and intended and unintended effects of grading ...
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Quinn, who teaches English and moral philosophy at a college preparatory school, examines the nature of grades, the process through which they are determined, and their relationship to student learning, with the aim of improving grading systems and policies. He discusses the definition of grades; their pedagogical purposes to provide feedback and data for decision making and motivate students, and how this affects student learning in different ways; and issues and approaches and intended and unintended effects of grading systems and policies, such as grade inflation, number vs. letter grades, summative grades, failure, grading behaviors and dispositions, grading collaborative work, self-assessment and self-grading, technology, inconsistency, using rubrics, and reporting, ending with 12 steps to improving a system.
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Add this copy of Yosemite Trails. Camp and Pack-Train in the Yosemite to cart. $197.00, good condition, Sold by Inside the Covers rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lancaster, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1911 by Houghton Mifflin & Company.
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Good with no dust jacket. First edition. Hard cover published by Houghton Mifflin in 1911. No dust jacket. Dark blue covers with with design and gilt lettering on front and gilt lettering on spine. Corners of covers are bumped, with some wrinkling and wear. Spine is darkened some, and ends of spine have some wear. Side edge of front cover has an indentation near top. Inside front cover has a name and address of a previous owner at top. Inside back cover has a bookseller's sticker at bottom. Pages have slight tanning. Book is in good condition.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 354 pages.
