In this portion of the chapter, they discuss the idea centered on having zero credit. The book mentions that giving out zero credit for missed work, cheating, or incomplete assignment that this does not accurately depict the students' knowledge.
Instead of depicting student knowledge, giving a zero grade to a student can negatively impact the representation of the what the student actually knows in an inaccurate way. This type of grade accreditation follows more closely along the lines of a punishment instead of a grade. In my opinion, if you are going to punish someone, then it must fit the crime; otherwise, the punishment is nonconstructive.
In my future classroom, this is something I will consider a lot. I want to give people the best description of my students' knowledge, and to do so will be refraining from giving out zero credit grades to students.
Cole,
ReplyDeleteGood reflection on this topic in the chapter. You are absolutely correct that giving students a zero as a grade is not an accurate depiction of their knowledge. To avoid running into this problem, there are ways to avoid cheating. We will discuss this in class tomorrow.
-Kelly Stewart
Thank you, Cole:)
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