by Erik Schreyer, Mathematics, ’18-19 The way in which we grade student papers and just as much which student papers we grade has a great impact on how students study and what students take out of a class. This of course does not come as a surprise and does not need to be debated. I…
by Nathan Fleeson, Religion, ’18-19 Entering into my program and knowing that I was going to have to start teaching and interacting with student work, I was extremely nervous in large part because I am not that much older than college students. In fact around campus and in the classroom, I am routinely confused with…
by Matthew Gordon, History, ’18-19 As a TA, one of the primary ways I interact with my students is through my comments when grading their papers. For classes without a discussion section, this might be the only interaction with many students. Despite this fact, I had never given much thought to how to provide effective…
by Alyssa Brown, Sociology, ’18–19 Sometimes I read students’ papers, and I imagine how I would write it to make it sound “better” or how I would organize it to make it flow in the way I think would make sense. I think about the way that I would write their paper if it were…