Word: gradinger
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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From first-grade teachers to overworked TFs, grading student essays consumes a huge portion of instructors' time. Multiple-choice tests and oral exams are imperfect solutions to the problem, and students' writing skills go untried.
Now for the facts not often stated in the coverage of this debacle. The teacher test was imposed upon candidates for the first time this year. Students were informed that the 8-hour, largely free-response exam was a requirement for certification only a few weeks before they had to...
I think a comment by my Economics 10 TF exemplifies my new outlook on Harvard life. After explaining the wacky nature of the segmented Ec 10 grading curves, she said, "In the long run, this test is merely a blip on the radar of your life."
"I'm really fascinated by education," saysFrey. "[But] we do a lot of grading. That's myleast favorite part of the job."
"I'm not adverse to pulling all-nighters when Ihave to," says Frey of her ability to maintainbalance between grading and practice sessions.