Sorry to hear about your plight. I guess we all recognise your situation !
One thing I would try is to set work which you then get the students to
mark. this has the added advantage of allowing you to discuss with them the
mark scheme and examination skills. I teach on the Cambridge modular A level
and as part of the preparation for the modular exams I do a series of
sessions on levels of response marking and on how the students should be
tackling the higher level skills of analysis and evaluation. Not only does
it remove the need to mark all their work (you can if you wish check up on
it) the exercise helps the students understand the assessment regime.
I strongly recommend the strategy.
-----Original Message-----
From: Quy Hoang <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
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Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 7:10 PM
Subject: Too much marking!
>I'm in my first year teaching, and am finding the workload extremely
>difficult to cope with!
>
>I have 4 classes of GCSE Business Studies, 1 Economics GCSE, 2 AL Business
>Studies and 1 AL Economics. Most weeks, I set written homework - and then
>realise what I've done when all the work comes in to be marked!!
>
>Could anyone recommend any strategies where students carry out some
homework
>which doesn't need to be marked (esp. at GCSE level).
>
>MANY thanks.
>
>
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