Quinn, Timothy. <br/><br/>
On grades and grading :  supporting student learning through a more transparent and purposeful use of grades / 
Timothy Quinn. 
 - xiv, 123 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-116) and index. 
<br/><br/>Grades defined -- The pedagogical purposes of grades -- Grade inflation -- The forms grades take: numbers vs. letters -- Determining summative grades -- Grading and failure: retakes and rewrites -- Grading behaviors and dispositions -- Grading collaborative work -- Self-assessment and self-grading -- Technology and the grading process -- The issue of inconsistency -- The advantages and disadvantages of rubrics -- How to report grades -- Shifting the focus from grades to learning. 
<br/><br/> ""Educators will find both concrete strategies for improving their grading systems and policies and, perhaps most importantly, a rich resource for improving student learning. Ultimately, Quinn hopes to create a world in which students, parents, and teachers all pay more attention to learning and less to grades themselves.""--Amazon.com." 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781610489119 161048911X 9781610489126 1610489128 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013013711 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB353217  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Grading and marking (Students)<br/>Grading and marking (Students)<br/>
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB3051  / .Q57 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>371.27/2