Chapter 8: Why Do We Grade, and What About Effort, Attendance, and Behavior?

This chapter was about how teachers feel about grading which are: document student and teacher progress, provide feedback, inform instructional decisions, motivate students, punish students, sort students. It also goes over how to grade participation. It is suggested that it should be given feedback on, but to not include it in the final formal grade. The problem with this they explain is the fact that some student express themselves better verbally, so maybe one students participation grade is really high, they answer every question, always have their hands raised everything. The same student fails every written quiz, but if his teacher asks him the same questions verbally he gets them all correct. If we don't include participation in the final grade then this student is not being represented correctly. I intent to include participation into my final grade.