Using tape cassettes in evaluating student writing takes less time to cover more comments than does writing comments. It also allows for more personal contact with students and permits a teacher to indicate more adequately how errors can be corrected. One helpful technique is for the teacher to leave the tape recorder on while trying to provide a…

ENGLISH COMPOSITION CLASSES IN THREE HIGH SCHOOLS WERE USED FOR AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM TO SHOW THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LAY READERS IN GRADING STUDENT PAPERS. THE PROGRAM WAS SPECIFIED AS "CONTRACT CORRECTING," OR STATED IN ANOTHER WAY, IT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF AN ADEQUATE WRITING PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITHOUT…

AN OUTLINE OF THE EDUCABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED (IQ RANGE 50 THROUGH MID 70'S) PROGRAM IN THE CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRESENTS PLACEMENT PROCEDURES, COURSES RECOMMENDED FOR GRADES SEVEN THROUGH 12, AND WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAM, GRADING AND PROMOTION PROCEDURES, AND REQUIREMENTS FOR OPENING NEW CLASSES. (JZ)

A STUDY OF THE FEASIBILITY OF GRADING PAPERS FOR FRESHMEN ENGLISH COURSES BY MEANS OF TAPE RECORDINGS WAS CONDUCTED AT BARD COLLEGE IN 1966-67. IN THE PROCEDURE FOLLOWED, THE INSTRUCTOR MADE COMMENTS ON A DICTATION BELT WHICH THE STUDENT LATER LISTENED TO ON A PLAYBACK MACHINE IN THE LIBRARY. RESULTS INDICATE THAT ALTHOUGH THE USE OF MACHINES DID…

The courts have established that students have a right to due process when they are suspended from school for disciplinary reasons, since suspension involves depriving the student of his entitlement to an education. When grade reduction is used for punishing absence or tardiness or to discourage unacceptable behavior, must due process also be…

This manual for elementary school teachers provides guidelines for the use of progress report cards in the Long Beach Unified School District, California. Included in the manual are sections dealing with evaluation policy and procedures, descriptions of various progress report cards, interpretations of grades and symbols, instructions for filling…

To mimic as closely as possible successful classroom procedures, NCTE convention speakers should be assigned topics one hour before their sessions, with only the rhetorical form specified. The audience should shout evaluative comments during presentation and the recorder should interrupt at each spelling and punctuation error. A final grade should…

Various practices of grading, and some of their advantages and disadvantages are discussed. The first chapter presents the purposes and meaning of letter grades, and offers some guidelines: letter grades should reflect academic achievement, rather than affective behavior or personality; they should be closely related to course objectives and…

Both the forms and the content of current classroom practice fit into a generally repressive socialization pattern for students. The formal constituents of typical classroom practice in American higher education include grades, tests, grade distribution, syllabi and schedules, all of which contribute to a generally repressive socialization pattern…

It is felt that an important source of information in engineering education is ofte n overlooked - the differential impact of the learning process on each student. Currently, the only measure of this sort is the final grade. This research involved (1) developing techniques for assessing various aspects of a student's class performance, and (2)…

Details of a computer-assisted instruction program in chemistry are given. Approximately half of the instructional computer usage is centered around drill, tutorial, and simulation programs. Problem solving, including research, and programming courses constitute the other half. Also described is a computerized system available to the chemistry…

This document presents contract grading as a system of evaluation for speech communication courses at the high school or college level. Contract grading can provide the means to reduce the element of threat that impedes effective interpersonal communication between teacher and student. Contract grading is a business like arrangement whereby the…

A sample of 412 secondary school English teachers from 42 schools participated in a study of the effect of selected mechanical errors on teachers' evaluations of nonmechanical aspects of students' writing. Three revised versions of a student's paragraph were prepared: in the first, all mechanical errors were removed; in the second, the student's…

Although grades have been criticized for lack of reliability, end-of course grades and grade-point averages are reliable enough for most uses. The charge of unreliability applies only to grades on themes, tests, or other individual pieces of student work. On the other side of the controversy, grades have been said to be essential to the learning…

Numerous research studies have been conducted concerning the negative aspects of grading: the low correlations between academic success (high grades) and later vocational or professional success, possible sadomasochistic motives of teachers in awarding grades, and grade assignment resulting from the teacher's sense of duty or responsibility to…