Subject: 12/10/04 WSJ Article on How Schoolchildren Learn

Posted by Jason Foster on 1/16/2004
In Reply To:12/10/04 WSJ Article on How Schoolchildren Learn Posted by Ursula Frischknecht-Tobler on 12/18/2004

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I don't think that this question has been answered, so here goes:

How do you grade your students' models?

There are people out there teaching modeling and as such there are working definitions (in the form of assessment criteria, rubrics, etc.) of 'correctness' and other oft-discussed terms. In my experience there is a lot of discussion on such issues "in the abstract" but what is actually happening in the classroom tends to remain a mystery.

I will hopefully be soon teaching a course in systems thinking and am very curious how issue of grading and evaluation are playing out in the classroom; a collection of "Systems Thinking Rubrics" would be a real boon.

Jason Foster
o you grade your students' models?

There are people out there teaching modeling and as such there are working definitions (in the form of assessment criteria, rubrics, etc.) of 'correctness' and other oft-discussed terms. In my experience there is a lot of discussion on such issues "in the abstract" but what is actually happening in the classroom tends to remain a mystery.

I will hopefully be soon teaching a course in systems thinking and am very curious how issue of grading and evaluation are playing out in the classroom; a collection of "Systems Thinking Rubrics" would be a real boon.

Jason Foster

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12/10/04 WSJ Article on How Schoolchildren Learn - Lees Stuntz 1/17/2005