tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550984149903805046.post5652800168526171250..comments2024-01-18T20:07:59.873-05:00Comments on Newton's Minions: How Much Information Is Too Much?Tatnall Physicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09436753600662471697noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550984149903805046.post-18847488787934431842013-02-11T09:21:49.452-05:002013-02-11T09:21:49.452-05:00When you say 'time management,' you're...When you say 'time management,' you're saying that they're over-scheduled, rather than that their time management skills are poor - is that correct? I pretty much agree there for the majority of kids.<br /><br />The time lag is an issue, though one of the points of SBG is to require sustained mastery, so the time lag shouldn't (theoretically) be an issue. I also require corrections and extra problems, but haven't put any time limits on it. Partly, I want a kid never to fell that it's 'too late' to improve understanding and partly it's another layer of bureaucracy for me to attend to.Tatnall Physicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09436753600662471697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550984149903805046.post-72687086483925517962013-02-11T08:38:58.064-05:002013-02-11T08:38:58.064-05:00I feel fairly strongly about this one... time mana...I feel fairly strongly about this one... time management is a big issue for many of these kids. What SBG does is to tie the grades to real learning so closely that "rating collectors" are forced to maximize their efficiency in learning. If something is going to be assessed again in class, it uses extra time that neither of us have to write and take an individual re-assessment -- and there are plenty of other objectives that will not be assessed again in class that they can be focusing on.<br /><br />On the other side of this, however, I frankly discuss with them that a significant time-lag between assessments will make the learning process not work - you will be less likely to succeed on the later assessment. With this in mind, I've recently instituted a new requirement: to be eligible for re-assessment, you have to (a) correct your work within one week of getting it back, (b) do any assigned extra practice within one week of going over the corrections with me, and (c) schedule the re-assessment within one week of that.Nicholas Parkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16533649277848883827noreply@blogger.com