Grading for Growth

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We're taking a break until 2023

David Clark
Dec 19, 2022
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Our semester is done and final grades are entered, so Robert and I are taking a break from posting. You’ll see our first post of 2023 on January 9th, when we’ll start taking a look at our New Year’s resolutions for our own classes and grading systems.

We hope you have a chance to take a break as well, spend time with family and friends, and generally relax!

Oh, and if you (like us) are also busily planning next semester’s classes, you might be interested in Robert’s series on “Planning for grading for growth” from this summer. These posts will help you outline a new alternative grading system, with lots of advice and examples along the way. Links to each step in the process are below:

Grading for Growth
What to do before you do alternative grading
Some of you might be in the following situation: You've learned a lot about alternative grading. You've become convinced that moving toward grading practices that involve one or more of the Four Pillars is a good idea. And you're not just convinced that alternative grading is a good idea in theory, but that it's a doabl…
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8 months ago · 4 likes · 2 comments · Robert Talbert
Grading for Growth
Planning for grading for growth: Building the structure
Don’t look now, but July begins this week, which means it’s almost August. And you know what that means: Whatever you’re thinking about doing in the Fall, it’s time to put some concrete plans to it. David and I hope that alternative grading methods are part of the package of what you’re considering…
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7 months ago · 6 likes · 9 comments · Robert Talbert
Grading for Growth
Planning for grading for growth: Finding focus
This is the third installment in a series we’re doing on how to build an alternative grading system in your course. The first article gave a long list of questions to ask about your course first, so you can have a strong grasp on its background and context…
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7 months ago · 2 likes · Robert Talbert
Grading for Growth
Planning for grading for growth: Hitting the mark
The start of the new year is just around the corner, and we're doing a multi-part series on how to build an alternative grading system into your courses this fall. Although the first day of classes is getting closer each day, there's still time to build a great alternative grading system into what you are already planni…
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6 months ago · 2 likes · 1 comment · Robert Talbert
Grading for Growth
Planning for grading for growth: Fleshing out the feedback
This week we’re continuing the multi-part series we’ve been doing on how to build an alternative grading system. However, I want to start by saying yeah, I know that the semester has started for most people and it’s way too late to be building a new grading system for your Fall courses. I definitely could have timed thi…
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5 months ago · 5 likes · 4 comments · Robert Talbert
Grading for Growth
Planning for Grading for Growth: The Final Countdown
With this post, we are concluding our ongoing series on how to build an alternative grading system into one of your courses. To recap: Part 1 gave a framework of five questions for getting clear on the context of your course. Part 2 was about determining the course's module structure and standards…
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4 months ago · 4 likes · Robert Talbert

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