Total time spent "responding to student writing":
175 minutes
Time spent on task ("extreme grading"):
75 minutes
Average time spent responding to 1 draft: 6.9 min.
Total "negative" or off-task time:
100 minutes
Findings:
Teachers of writing frequently express concern about spending a "normal" amount of time responding to student writing. Most trequently, that time is measured in number of minutes/draft.
However, these findings show that more than half of the overall grading time is spent on off-task activities such as checking email, getting coffee and updating a blog. Therefore, to effectively limit time spent on student writing, teacher should focus on limiting the number of minutes between drafts rather than the number of limits spent responding to each draft.
