Archive - Grading for Growth

Alternative grading and deliberate practice

A framework for feedback, and thoughts on using it

Aug 4 •

July 2025

Mixing and matching SBG and Specifications (part 2)

Learning how to learn, final grades, and reflections

Jul 28 •

Mixing and matching SBG and Specifications (part 1)

How I use multiple grading approaches in an intro-to-proofs class

Jul 21 •

Throwback: How alternative grading supports the "heads and hearts hypothesis"

Revisiting the connection between alternative grading and active learning

Jul 14 •

Alternatively graded discrete math in hyperdrive: A reflection

A postmortem on specifications grading in a fast and wild asynchronous online course

Jul 7 •

June 2025

Happy Holidays (in July)

We're taking (another) week off - but we want to hear from you

Jun 30 •

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The Drama Triangle of Grading

Understanding the stress of grading and a path towards empowerment

Jun 23 •

Drawing on past experiences

What does “teaching how we’re taught” mean for alternative grading?

Jun 16 •

Rethinking Grades: Preparing Social Workers for Practice, Not Just Papers

Catch the vision of how a whole program can adopt alternative grading

Jun 9 •

Jeanette Harder

Alternative grading in a test-forward environment

Timed in-class testing is making a comeback. Can it coexist with alternative grading?

Jun 2 •

May 2025

Into the wayback machine

On Memorial Day, a look back at what we were up to in 2022

May 26 •

The most common rookie (and not-so-rookie) mistakes with alternative grading

May 19 •

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