This chapter discusses the pros and cons of allowing redos of tests or projects. At first look it seems to make sense if you run a differentiated classroom and allow for students to learn at different rates. Allowing them to redo for full credit seems only fair. If they have mastered the material it doesn’t really matter when. What I hadn’t thought about was the student that didn’t bother to study the first time because he knew that the redo was available. Qualifying the requirement so that habitual offenders can have the privilege revoked will take away that crutch. I also liked the idea that redos shouldn’t happen the week before the end of the grading period in order to maintain my sanity! Redos should also be prefaced by a documented study plan or it is just a waste of everyone’s time.
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