Ungrading : why rating students undermines learning (and what to do instead)

Book 2020

"The moment is right for critical reflection on what has been assumed to be a core part of schooling. In Ungrading, fifteen educators write about their diverse experiences going gradeless. Some contributors are new to the practice and some have been engaging in it for decades. Some are in humanities and social sciences, some in STEM fields. Some are in higher education, but some are the K-12 pioneers who led the way. Based on rigorous and replica...

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Grading and marking (Students) United States

Students Rating of United States

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Teaching and learning in higher education Teaching and learning in higher education (West Virginia University Press)

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ISBN:

9781949199819

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xxiii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Introduction: Why ungrade? Why grade? / Susan D. Blum
How to ungrade / Jesse Stommel
What going gradeless taught me about doing the "actual work" / Aaron Blackwelder
Just one change (just kidding) : ungrading and its necessary accompaniments / Susan D. Blum
Shifting the grading mindset / Starr Sackstein
Grades stifle student learning. Can we learn to teach without grades? / Arthur Chiaravalli
Let's talk about grading / Laura Gibbs
Contract grading and peer review / Christina Katopodis and Cathy N. Davidson
Critique-driven learning and assessment / Christopher Riesbeck
A STEM ungrading case study : a reflection on first-time implementation in organic chemistry II / Clarissa Sorensen-Unruh
The point-less classroom : a math teacher's ironic choice in not calculating grades / Gary Chu
Grade anarchy in the philosophy classroom / Marcus Schultz-Bergin
Conference musings and the G-word / Joy Kirr
Wile E. Coyote, the hero of ungrading / John Warner
Conclusion: Not simple but essential / Susan D. Blum

LCCN:

2020022379

Control Number:

3055807

Other Authors:

Blum, Susan Debra, editor
Kohn, Alfie, writer of foreword

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