Alternative grading The heart of the loop: Reattempts without penalty It's hard to have a feedback loop without the ability to revise and resubmit. A reprint from GradingForGrowth.com.
Alternative grading How specifications grading changed my view of academic dishonesty What happens to your views about academic dishonesty when you move from a scarcity model to an abundance model. (Reposted from Grading For Growth)
Grading Three steps for getting started with alternative grading You've decided to switch grading systems, awesome! Now what? (Repost from Grading for Growth)
Mastery Grading A word about words Why David Clark and I are dropping the term "mastery grading" in our upcoming book on that subject.
Mastery Grading Checking in with the system at mid-semester My students did a Mid-Semester Interview on Teaching recently and taught me some things about our mastery grading system.
Grading Moving on from rigor If "rigor" is a meaningless term then what should we be using? What are we really talking about?
Grading Finding common ground with grading systems We've seen the differences. Now what are the similarities? (Repost from Grading for Growth)
Mastery Grading Specifications grading and "help" Can students in a specs grading setting do work without help? Do we care?
Grading Words, numbers, or nothing? A classic study finds some eye-opening effects of different feedback on learning.
Teaching Building Fall 2021: Discrete Structures A work-in-progress report on my Fall 2021 classes, one month before launch.
Academia Ungrading: A 3x3x3 reflection Ungrading is gaining traction in K12 and higher education. Here's what I learned from a recent edited volume on this concept.
Academia Entering the feedback loop: My origin story with alternative grading Sometimes all it takes to get started with a new idea is just to start and then follow through.
Education Rebooting the final exam Traditional final exams are so pre-pandemic. Here are some ideas for what to do instead.
Academia Building Modern Algebra: The grading system In this post in a series on building my Modern Algebra course, I get into the grading system and the role of mastery grading.
Mastery Grading 4+1 Interview with Linda Nilson A throwback post, in which we interview Linda Nilson about her then-new book on specifications grading.
Mastery Grading Building Calculus: The grading system This week, we come back to my calculus course in progress and examine the mastery grading system for student work.
Mastery Grading Mastery grading and academic honesty The problem of academic honesty in online courses may have nothing to do with being online -- it may have much more to do with how we grade.
4+1 Interview 4+1 Interview: Kate Owens Kate Owens of the College of Charleston talks about mastery grading, innovative teaching in a historic institution, and more.
Mastery Grading Traditional grading: The great demotivator A new study presents sobering facts about the negative effects of traditional grading on college students' motivation.
Mastery Grading Specifications grading: We may have a winner In January 2015, I launched my first attempt at specifications grading. This semester, I think I finally have something that works.
Mastery Grading What causes grade inflation, and what might fix it There is a growing sense that something is wrong with grades in higher education, and it affords opportunity to raise awareness about alternatives like standards based and specifications grading
Teaching A farewell to deadlines I decided to handle deadlines on student work in specifications grading by... eliminating them.
Mastery Grading Specs grading with the EMRF rubric, part 2 Some real-life case studies on using the EMRF rubric in grading student work.
Mastery Grading Specifications grading with the EMRF rubric A useful rubric for implementing specifications and other forms of mastery grading.
Mastery Grading Beginning with the grade in mind Here's a first-day-of-class activity that gets students thinking about grades in a proactive way.