Don't you have to understand the concepts to get a grade in either case?

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Jan 13, 2021
4:58:08pm

Tricky All-American

Don't you have to understand the concepts to get a grade in either case?

I'm not sure its fair to say that the addition of a deadline creates a system that only rewards box checking and doesn't require that the students learn the concept. You don't succeed in turning in crap that meets the deadline (at least in the classes I remember).

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Tricky

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Any teachers on here: how do you decide what works for you as far as turning

pink22

1/13/21 1:12pm

A lot of the policies are set by the school but teachers don’t follow them.

blueaussie

1/13/21 1:20pm

Tell them that's how their bosses will be. Some will be anal, others will be

WDaddy

1/13/21 1:24pm

I had a teacher in high school who explicitly said that assignments were due at

cougarfan84

1/13/21 1:30pm

My wife is a teacher (20+ yrs) she allows re-taking tests within a time frame but only for those who have failed the

lightmann

1/13/21 1:32pm

My kids old school district had the "turn in whenever" policy and the teachers

SpotOnOpinionsGuy

1/13/21 1:38pm

That’s crazy

cougfanz

1/13/21 1:42pm

I try and set clear expectations at the beginning, with clear consequences for things like late work. Then I try and

durandal

1/13/21 1:49pm

This is good. Kids need to learn communication as much or more than the actual

pink22

1/13/21 1:53pm

No one is actually answering the question. I suspect its what the teachers

Tricky

1/13/21 1:55pm

Thank you. That my question: is it school policy? Learned behavior? A study

pink22

1/13/21 2:00pm

Some of my decisions are from things I've learned at workshops, some just what I've seen others do that seems to work.

durandal

1/13/21 2:05pm

I'm a teacher. Here's why you let kids turn things in by the end of the term.

The Old Y

1/13/21 2:22pm

Look up any study on Standards Based Grading. You'll see there's a lot of

The Old Y

1/13/21 2:26pm

Won't that just teach kids that deadlines don't matter?

BigTex

1/13/21 2:45pm

There are still deadlines. The class has to end at some point. But punitive

The Old Y

1/13/21 2:53pm

Don't you have to understand the concepts to get a grade in either case?

Tricky

1/13/21 4:58pm

Not in the same way. The point is to understand the concept, not be rewarded for

The Old Y

1/13/21 7:39pm

RE: Any teachers on here: how do you decide what works for you as far as turning

lemonademan

1/13/21 3:29pm

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