Comments on: Grading and the open end http://wrecking.org/cbd/2007/12/10/grading-and-the-open-end/ Software studies, technical communication, writing studies, web accessibility, and new media. Life with my girls. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:16:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: cbd http://wrecking.org/cbd/2007/12/10/grading-and-the-open-end/#comment-19232 cbd Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:45:12 +0000 http://wrecking.org/cbd/2007/12/10/grading-and-the-open-end/#comment-19232 I haven't looked at my evaluations yet, but one student said to me she was "completely lost" in week two, but by the end of week six had figured things out and felt very confident. That's the journey we hope for.... I haven’t looked at my evaluations yet, but one student said to me she was “completely lost” in week two, but by the end of week six had figured things out and felt very confident. That’s the journey we hope for….

]]> By: Brendan http://wrecking.org/cbd/2007/12/10/grading-and-the-open-end/#comment-19231 Brendan Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:32:42 +0000 http://wrecking.org/cbd/2007/12/10/grading-and-the-open-end/#comment-19231 <i>And still a challenge. In all of my classes, both undergraduate and graduate students still asked, “What do you want, really?”</i> In my end-of-the-semester debrief for my Writing for New Media course today, I had a student say that he liked the way I would weave and dodge around their questions that tried to straight jacket the open-ended elements of the assignments. They complained uniformly that the confusing assignments ended up fulfilling as they figured out how to do them. I did my usual song and dance about inventing our writing formats, but the effect was pleasing without that. And still a challenge. In all of my classes, both undergraduate and graduate students still asked, “What do you want, really?”

In my end-of-the-semester debrief for my Writing for New Media course today, I had a student say that he liked the way I would weave and dodge around their questions that tried to straight jacket the open-ended elements of the assignments. They complained uniformly that the confusing assignments ended up fulfilling as they figured out how to do them.

I did my usual song and dance about inventing our writing formats, but the effect was pleasing without that.

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