http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2008/01/why-cant-i-get-this-right/ Challenge The Status Quo Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:48:43 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2008/01/why-cant-i-get-this-right/comment-page-1/#comment-18831 Elona Hartjes Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:53:31 +0000 http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2008/01/why-cant-i-get-this-right/#comment-18831 It's always a struggle getting my students to meet deadlines. I find that what will work best for my students is to have short deadlines. The more time I give them, the longer it takes. Short deadlines along with getting the assignment marked and returned quickly so the kids get to see their marks motivates those kids who haven't handed their work in yet to get it in. They freak when they see how not handing their assignment in affects their mark. There's nothing like a mark dropping to 33% because work hasn't been handed in to motivate a student to get their work done. I tell them that I'm always looking for ways to give them marks. They have to help me do that by handing in their work. If the assignment they hand in isn't their best work, I'll hand it back with suggestions for improvement and tell them they can resubmit it if they choose. However, failing isn't an option. If they are failing, they have to redo the assignment. It's a struggle! No strategy works all the time with all kids. Keep the faith. It’s always a struggle getting my students to meet deadlines. I find that what will work best for my students is to have short deadlines. The more time I give them, the longer it takes. Short deadlines along with getting the assignment marked and returned quickly so the kids get to see their marks motivates those kids who haven’t handed their work in yet to get it in. They freak when they see how not handing their assignment in affects their mark. There’s nothing like a mark dropping to 33% because work hasn’t been handed in to motivate a student to get their work done. I tell them that I’m always looking for ways to give them marks. They have to help me do that by handing in their work. If the assignment they hand in isn’t their best work, I’ll hand it back with suggestions for improvement and tell them they can resubmit it if they choose. However, failing isn’t an option. If they are failing, they have to redo the assignment. It’s a struggle! No strategy works all the time with all kids. Keep the faith.

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