What do you think of teachers who allow kids to grade their own work?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Work smarter, not harder. My teachers had us switch papers to grade tests and quizzes. That isn’t allowed anymore so why not? If my teacher saw a pencil anywonear the test while we were grading it, we would get a zero. We could only use a red pen. Kids need to learn from their mistakes.

Yes, but the OP is talking about kids grading their own work. I think that’s more acceptable than grading work of others.

I wrote that students are no longer allowed to grade other students' work so why not have students grade their own.

I read that incorrectly. I thought you were asking why switching papers was not allowed anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 7th grade daughter has a teacher who has the kids grade their own work, including quizzes and tests. I’m not sure how I feel about that. What are other people’s opinions?

thats BS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I remember finding this to be an effective tool in school. And it’s literally how I taught myself the LSAT.

nit for 7th graders.

more structure and feedback is needed in k-8+, really k-12.

[Anonymous]

I'll have students grade each other's work on mid-stages of projects or more complex writing/problem solving. They use their student ID's and I swap class periods so they aren't grading anyone in their class. I'll lead the class on going through the rubric and telling them how to score. They pay so much more attention to the rubric when they are grading someone else's work (and while they are frantically thinking if they included the parts they are grading). Having students look at other student work is helpful because they see a range of work, both good and bad, and can learn what to do and what not to do from that. Grading as a class means that students can review the material while it is fresh in their minds and they get feedback much more quickly than if the teacher took two weeks to get through grading and commenting on 150 students' papers. Students are also much more willing to look at the feedback they got and to make improvements, because they understand the rubric better.