Chapter 10: Conditions for Redoing Work for Full Credit

In a differentiated classroom, it is appropriate to allow students to redo work for full credit. This allows the student another chance to display their mastery, and is only fair, because not everyone learns at the same rate, and therefore, not everyone is ready to demonstrate their mastery at the exact same time. The teacher gets the final say in if a student gets to redo their work or not. If it is apparent that the student waited until the last minute or put no effort into their work, then the teacher may not allow them to redo it. When students are allowed to redo their work, they need to sit down with the teacher and create a calendar that will help them get all their work done on time to better ensure success. The format of the redone work may not be the same as the first time around, so that way students don’t just memorize the test or the information- they have to learn it. I think this is a policy I will most certainly have in my classroom. In the real world, redoing work occurs all the time, and students should be allowed that same opportunity.