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October 2012 • Volume 16 • Number 2 • Pages 40-41

Teaching in the Middle

Rick Wormeli

It's Time to Stop Averaging Grades

Article Description: Rick Wormeli calls on teachers to stop average grades just because it feels credible by virtue of its mathematics. Averaging grades isn't accurate or fair, Rick contends, because students are human beings, not statistics.

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Rick Wormeli is a long-time teacher, consultant, and author living in Herndon, Virginia. His latest book, Metaphors & Analogies: Power Tools for Teaching any Subject (AMLE/Stenhouse, 2009). Look for Rick at the 2012 AMLE Annual Conference in Portland, November 8–10. E-mail: rwormeli@cox.net
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