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A holiday break

David Clark
Dec 27, 2021
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Photo by David, who has hobbies other than math and grading!

We’re taking a break to relax with our families this week. We hope you have a chance to take a bit of time offline as well. If you’re missing our regularly scheduled posts, here are a few of our favorites that might be helpful before we pick up again.

See you early next year, when I’ll post a reflection on my first semester of ungrading!

The “I’m completely changing my assessments and the semester starts in a week!!” starter pack:

Grading for Growth
Three steps for getting started with alternative grading
In the five months since David and I started this blog, one thing has become crystal clear to us about alternatives to traditional grading: There is a great hunger among educators to change how assessment and grading are done. We're closing in on 500 subscribers here at…
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a year ago · 2 likes · Robert Talbert
Grading for Growth
What to expect when you're alternatively assessing
So you’re taking the plunge: Next semester, you’re going to change up your assessments. Perhaps Robert’s post from last week, three key steps for getting started with alternative assessments, got you moving. Or, maybe you’ve been thinking about it for a few semesters and finally decided to jump in…
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a year ago · David Clark

The “I need to dig into some details” series:

Grading for Growth
Reasonable reassessments
Learning doesn’t happen all at once. It takes time, and involves mistakes, feedback, reflection, and revision. This reassessment feedback loop is a critical part of learning, which is why it’s one of the four pillars that we’ve proposed for alternative grading systems…
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a year ago · David Clark
Grading for Growth
The care and feeding of tokens
Courses taught using alternative grading systems benefit students in part because the rules of engagement are clear. Not fake-clear, as in points-based systems where lots of information about grading hides behind formulas, but actual clarity where what students are expected to do in a course to demonstrate their learning…
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a year ago · 2 comments · Robert Talbert

The “What’s this all about, then?” primer:

Grading for Growth
Finding common ground with grading systems
As David and I write and engage with others about grading, there’s definitely a sense that the time is coming, and maybe is already here, for a wholesale change in how we grade in higher education. When David wrote last week about the profusion of alternative grading techniques…
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a year ago · Robert Talbert
Grading for Growth
Zooming in on all-or-nothing assessments
Last week, Robert proposed some “common ground” that underlies many of the assessment approaches we discuss on this blog. This week, I’m going to attempt to cut some more clarity into the jungle of alternative assessment methods. In this post, I’ll look at three common approaches to alternative assessments…
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a year ago · David Clark

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