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ERIC Number: EJ577033
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0098-6291
Personalizing the Grading Scale for Beginning Writers.
Carter, Ron; Rockson, Thomas A., Jr.
Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v26 n2 p125-31 Dec 1998
Describes a grading system used in a college composition class that shifts the focus away from letter grades and toward continuous student progress. Describes how it is based on a personalized, flexible standard that challenges each student's particular skills as a writer, and encourages real improvement in student writing. (SR)
Descriptors: Flexible Progression, Grading, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction, Writing Evaluation, Writing Improvement, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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