Lunch, Hall, Bathroom, and Bus Duty

What grade would you give yourself on duties you have served in the past? How did you assess yourself?

What legitimate reason(s) have you

given for not being “at your post” for a particular duty?

Reassess yourself on school duties, assuming you have “missed” a duty in the past.

Did your absence from the duty change your grade? Why, or why not?

“How Estelle Failed Lunch Duty”

Please read the article about Estelle.

Why do we grade students this way?

What’s the purpose of grades?

Discuss this with those around you.

How does giving a zero fulfill the

purpose of grading?

Estelle’s mean score with the zero is a 67.5%, whereas a 90% without the zero all

together.

With the purpose for grading in mind, which of the two mean scores more accurately

reflects Estelle’s performance?

As Unruhe mentions in the article, if a 60% had been assigned where the zero was,

the mean score would have been an 82.5%.

Where and why do you think he came up with the 60%?

Passed Tests + Passed Quizzes +

zeros for not doing/completing

homework can = F

From the last paragraph of the

article… “Poor choices do not

always mean that a student is not

learning.”

and think.What should we do about

“unattended duty?”