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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends on the goal of the assignment. Teachers often want to give wiggle room for formative assignments when students are new to concepts. The idea is to learn something through the assignment, not to be perfect out of the gate. Also, with 120-150 students and class work and homework every day, teachers have to be picky about what they grade or they’d be under a mountain of paperwork.[/quote]

Thank you for responding. I understand they have too many students and not enough time to read/grade assignments, but teachers used to. At least when I was growing up.  Anyway, I just wanted to see what the “norm” was. Philosophically, I feel it’s wrong to assign work, ask students to do their best, and then not even read or make a comment on it.

The consequences of this are important. I don't see many students trying very hard because they know their efforts won’t be seen or rewarded. It strikes me as unfair to all students. [/quote]

Well, that really depends on why it was assigned, right? Is it for "credit/grade" or is it to further the learning and prepare for the test? If the latter, then your diligent child gets the reward he seeks on the test, while the kids phoning it in get no benefit from the work, neither from learning nor on the test.[/quote]

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