UBD Chapter 8

    This chapter deals with the grading aspects of teaching. It discusses the role of the teacher and the grading aspect of teaching but also the way the student responds to the grades. Grades should reflect on the students work but most students take grades to a different level and take it personally or foucs too much on the grades. Teachers understand that grades don't accurately explain a students understanding of the content or represent their knowledge to the best of their ability. This is where the struggle occurs. Also another struggle is what considered an "A" by one teacher may be rated completely different to another teacher. (129). Grades can be very frustrating, especially when students only focus on getting an A and not on learning the content. That is when it becomes aggravating for both the teacher and the student because the student is receiving the grade they want because they are just focused on the grade and not on the content, and the teacher is aggravating because the student isn't even trying to fully understand the information for long term, but rather just enough to pass the assessment. The authors also make a very valid point, grades are not just understanding the content but now it factors in various other elements such as participation, attendance, etc. which may not or should not necessarily be combined into one grade because it doesn't address how much a student know, it just evaluates a student's level of proficiency in logistical things.