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BlindGradingOrEqualGrading 9 - 01 Apr 2009 - Main.MichaelHolloway
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 Given that this will come up in Thursday's class, let's start the discussion.

I was not at all uncomfortable with being graded blindly in any of my classes last semester. However, after hearing Eben discuss the grading possibilities for our third writing assignment in class today, I found myself prickling at the idea of being graded "with a bag over my head." This prospect is particularly prickly since we happen to have a professor who seems to be investing a great deal of effort in individualizing the learning process. In the class following Theo's HowToFixHealthcare post, Eben explained that his responses to Theo were engineered to best help Theo learn and develop his piece. The discomfort for some of the rest of us had come from the fact that we learn and are motivated differently, but could still see Eben's comments. I was struck by this explanation because not only did it make sense, but it seemed to be effective. Having gotten to know Theo a bit over the poker table, I suspected it was true that he would step up his game if challenged in the way that Eben challenged him. Given his re-write of the topic, it seems that he did just that.

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 2. The third writing assignment will have our names attached and will be individually critiqued. (not blind) We will all be given the same grade - thereby canceling out the assignment and beating the rule that requires that 50% of our elective grade be based on a blind assignment. The rest of our grade for the semester will consist of our other writings for this course.

-- MolissaFarber - 01 Apr 2009

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There were three options, weren't there?

1. Disregard the grading rule, and write a third, non-blindly-graded essay along the same lines as the first, receiving individualized comments.

2. Write a third essay, to be given the same grade as all other third essays on the basis of the essays' average quality, and to be factored into individual grades accordingly.

3. Write anonymized essays, receiving anonymized comments.

Obviously, I'm for option #1.

-- MichaelHolloway - 01 Apr 2009

 
 
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