An end-of-year break
And a chance to share your experiences in a guest post
We’ve just reached the end of our accurately named Winter semester here at GVSU, so we’re taking a short break this week. But don’t go just yet, because we do have some things you might be interested in!
Share your ideas with our community
One of my favorite things about this blog is how we’ve created a platform for alternative graders to share their ideas. Every month, one or two guest posters — like you! — write about their experiences, their philosophy, their successes and failure across a huge range of classes, disciplines, and institutions.
Do you have something you’d like to share with our audience of alternative graders? We would love to hear from you. Just click this link to fill out a short form with your idea and contact information:
Some end-of-semester reading
As the academic year comes to a close, here are a few posts that we think you might like:
A recent guest post about how we can make feedback — the heart of the feedback loop — more effective:
Improving the feedback given to students
Today’s guest post is from Prof. Sarah Hanusch, an associate professor of mathematics at SUNY Oswego, a regional comprehensive university in Central New York. She holds a Ph.D. in mathematics education from Texas State University, and researches the instructional practices of collegiate mathematics instructors, especially in proof intensive courses. She…
Steps to follow after a semester of alternative grading:
What to do next
If you started using alternative grading for the first time this semester, now is the perfect time to think about what to do next.
Quick ideas to get you started with future alternatively graded classes:
20 small starts for alternative grading
Before the main post for today, here's an update on our call for guest authors from last week. Your responses have again been tremendous, even moreso than the first time we opened the floor for guest contributions. To date, we have received over 40 "pitches" for articles, and more are coming in daily.
We’ll be back with new posts in May!