More Writing, Less Grading!

More writing, less grading! mark only one paragraph or make one comment about specific writing Writing is one of the best problems. Send ways to engage students students to the ARC but grading can be a and give points for burden. Here are ideas to revision. increase reflection and writing while saving time grading.

1) At the end of class, give each student a 3 x 5 card. Have them write (without names) what most impressed them about the material and what they want to know more about. At the beginning of the next class, pass the cards at random and invite students to read cards that they find interesting. This, evokes reflection, incorporates writing, encourages participation, and serves as a review.

2) Use a quick rubric (check mark, check plus, check minus) to indicate satisfaction with specific criteria. This gives feedback but still allows for holistic grading.

3) Instead of rewriting a student paper, 4) Instead of major task of combining all papers, responses into one assign several short short, well-written papers (2 pages paper during class with references). time.

5) Give students a chance to rewrite Just In Time - Faculty papers so that they Series was created for you can learn to correct by the Center for Teaching errors. and Learning - Susan Weaver - 539-4325 6) Write a general comment sheet or letter that you staple onto all papers instead of writing on each paper.

7) Set a timer for the maximum amount of time that you are willing to spend with each paper.

8) Grade papers in batches of 5 to prevent fatigue.

9) Write as many encouraging comments as negative comments so that students will read them.

10) Give students the option of doing projects and writing researched papers.

11) Have each student write a reflection paper then put them into groups with the