Papers, Papers Everywhere!

Managing the Paper Load and Saving Your Sanity

Melissa Nicolas, Ph.D.

Drew UniversityMarch 5, 2010

What are your biggest grading challenges? Headaches?

Things to think aboutPlanning aheadCost/benefit analysisSetting prioritiesReleasing yourself

Tools (a.k.a.coping mechanisms)

Have students do more work for themselvesPractice minimal markingFor informal writing: comment/read in

selected chunksFor formal writing: pick 5 things to comment

on and stick to those 5 thingsUse rubricsSet a timer or stopwatchFire the grammar police!

Rubistar: online rubric generatorhttp://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?scree

n=Login&module=User

Resources from College of NJhttp://www.tcnj.edu/~writing/faculty/rubrics.

html

Samples from Winona Statehttp://www.winona.edu/AIR/rubrics.htm

Michigan State rubric referencehttp://fod.msu.edu/oir/Assessment/rubrics.asp