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danielfitts88

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Ms. Marotta inadvertently asks Kevin, a poor reader, to read a section of the chapter aloud. Is this a good idea? Why or why not?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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In the early weeks of the school year, Mr. Van Holten gives his students no feedback about grammar and spelling. Is this decision a good one? Why or why not?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Fayaz00962

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Answer to Question 1

It's a bad idea. Some students, like Kevin, are quite self-conscious about their poor reading skills

Answer to Question 2

An advantage of this no-feedback strategy is that students may be more willing to experiment with sophisticated vocabulary and complex grammatical structures if they know they will not be penalized for using these things incorrectly. Even so, Mr. Van Holten's decision is almost certainly a bad one, for several reasons:
 Students' grammar and spelling is less likely to improve in the absence of feedback.
 By giving full credit for written work with grammatical and spelling errors, Mr. Van Holten may be communicating the message that such errors are quite acceptable in students' written work.
 Students are apt to be blindsided by the stiff penalty (a 10 reduction in grade) imposed on such errors later in the semester.
An alternative strategy might be to (a) give feedback but not penalize errors when assigning grades to work written early in the semester and




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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
:D TYSM


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

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