[KACT] Re: spelling
- From: Donna Bogner <dojbo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: kact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 13:24:35 -0400 (EDT)
Of course, I taught in the Middle Ages...from the 1960s to 2000, but I expected
students' lab reports and written papers to come in with correct spelling,
grammar, and punctuation. I was even made an honorary member of the English
Department because of this. And this was BEFORE computers and spell check
software. However, I gave students ample time to get this done. Lab reports
were not due until two days after the labs were carried out. Did I take off
points? You bet, up to 10% of the total points possible, depending upon what
the assignment was. I had rubrics that included this, even that far back in
history...before rubrics were "accepted practice".
You are right, Dave. It's all a matter of expectation.
Donna Bogner, retired from
Hutchinson High School and
Wichita State University
-----Original Message-----
>From: David Kadavy <dkadavy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sep 6, 2006 12:32 PM
>To: kact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [KACT] Re: spelling
>
>The first factor is we have as educators allowed this to take place. You as
>an instructor set the standards for your classroom and have expectations that
>students will reach. Correctly spelling words is not that high an
>expectation. Not all communications will have a mechanism to catch this for
>the student and this can lead to a misinterpretation of what is meant. Don't
>we as chemistry instructors depend on the proper communications for formulas
>for compounds or equations? Why should we expect anything less? I too will
>take off for incorrect spelling to some degree.
>
>David Kadavy
>Republic County High School
>
>On 9/6/2006 11:18 AM, Kelly Deters <kellymdeters@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>I'm not the world's best speller, and I occasionally make mistakes
>>(especially when writing quickly)...but has anyone else noticed the
>>dramatic downfall in our students' ability to spell words correctly?
>>I had one girl bring a lab procedure up to me the other day with
>>"wathe" instead of "water"...can they really not spell "water"?
>>I had the following as an answer to a test question about why it's
>>important to do multiple trials in a lab: "So to make sher that nether
>>whent rong or that one trial might be of" It makes me feel like
>>I'm reading the Winnie the pooh book to my kids where Owl spells
>>things like that. And these are the honors kids! (And it wasn't
>>a one time occurance...there were many such answers!)
>>
>>I've never taken points off for this kind of things as I was grading
>>"chemistry" not spelling or grammar...but this is getting bad! What
>>do you guys do?
>>
>>Kelly
>>kellymdeters@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:kellymdeters@xxxxxxxxx>
>
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