tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post5160369153112246958..comments2023-08-29T02:42:23.063-05:00Comments on ¡Bemsha SWING!: "criterion referenced assessment"Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-59770776229476426922011-10-06T12:12:40.288-05:002011-10-06T12:12:40.288-05:00This expression should be used as a sleeping aid, ...This expression should be used as a sleeping aid, irrespective of what it's supposed to mean or who uses it.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-87818176976447879632011-10-05T12:37:51.727-05:002011-10-05T12:37:51.727-05:00I trust that those are your criteria because I rea...I trust that those are your criteria because I read about them all the time on your blogs. But one can imagine why an administrator might fear that some professor's criteria might include a student's Masonic key or well-turned ankle. (Or that Giampietro might ask <i>why</i> Piergiovanni scored higher.)Vance Maverickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477306994564623348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-33076684844190967302011-10-05T12:23:35.629-05:002011-10-05T12:23:35.629-05:00Of course, I understand that. My top secret criter...Of course, I understand that. My top secret criteria are coherence, intellectual rigor, good writing, etc... There is a culture conflict between those of us who think that students should absorb those through the process of education, and those who think everything should be spelled out in educationese. I fear I'm on the losing side, hence my peevish tone.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-49752381479243586382011-10-05T12:20:12.713-05:002011-10-05T12:20:12.713-05:00I don't have a dog in this fight, but clearly ...I don't have a dog in this fight, but clearly the point is not some insinuation that you have no criteria, but a fear that your criteria will be secret or unequal.Vance Maverickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477306994564623348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-10905041334273909832011-10-05T12:07:06.880-05:002011-10-05T12:07:06.880-05:00It's insulting to think we have no criteria un...It's insulting to think we have no criteria unless we make them explicit. It's also insulting to have to spell out very obvious things, like what percentage of a grade will be for having margins the right width.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-1438297852930589902011-10-05T11:56:04.297-05:002011-10-05T11:56:04.297-05:00The source is this comment in a thread on how to g...The source is <a href="http://crookedtimber.org/2011/10/05/how-to-write-comments-on-student-papers/#comment-380513" rel="nofollow">this comment</a> in a thread on how to grade papers. I don't know what "data-driven" might have meant in that context, but "criterion referenced", despite the horrible taste it leaves in the mouth, does express the concern in that thread that work be graded with reference to explicit criteria.Vance Maverickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477306994564623348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-19933893890715823022011-10-05T11:27:54.315-05:002011-10-05T11:27:54.315-05:00What's wrong with the good-old "data-driv...What's wrong with the good-old "data-driven ..."? Why do they have to change terms every ten years? Grrr...Spanish profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248530328973177920noreply@blogger.com