After reading this excellent post from Mark Enser (@ensermark) I thought it might be helpful to create a little cut-out and keep ready reckoner for the number of hours added to a teachers workload by marking. It’s very simple, though I’m sure you could build a more sophisticated model to help in your own context… Read More Times Tables
There’s nothing wrong with accountability. I like a good bit of accountability. It keeps everyone honest. But if it is not operated at the appropriate level it ceases to create accountability and becomes oppressive, in every sense of the word. I’ll give you an example. I like my house to be comfortably warm in the… Read More The bleeding system
Here’s the thing about marking. In truth, very little work is planned to be marked. By that I mean planned well. Usually there will be a mark scheme. I say usually, I mean often. Or sometimes. And by mark scheme I mean another sheet with the answers on it. Too often, little (or no) thought… Read More If Hollerith marked homework
Distant Ramblings on the Horizon 