Episodes
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38 – Twenty+ Small Steps to Get Started with Alt Grading (Inspired by the recent blog post at Grading for Growth)
A recent post on the Grading for Growth blog sparked this interesting conversation about different entry points to starting down the alt grading path. Sharona and Bosley share their favorite choices out of the twenty shared on the blog post as well as discussing some other options of their own. Links Please note – any…
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37 – Introducing The Keynote Speakers for the 2024 Grading Conference plus What We’re Reading!
In this episode, Sharona and Bosley introduce the three keynote speakers for the 2024 Grading Conference. They then share some of the new(er) and upcoming publications in the realm of grading reform. If you are looking for something new to read and a conference to attend, this is the episode! Links Please note – any…
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36 – Teaching More by Grading Less (or Differently) – an Interview with Jeff Schinske, 10 years later
In this episode, Sharona and Bosley sit down with Jeffrey Schinske, author of the article Teaching More by Grading Less (or Differently). Jeff is a professor of biology at Foothill College, a California Community College. In 2014, Jeff co-authored the article mentioned above, which has since become a foundational article for many people who are…
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35 – An Interview with Dr. Joshua Bowman: Alternative Grading for over a decade, the Importance of Blog Posts
In this week’s episode, Sharona and Bosley sit down with Dr. Joshua Bowman, mathematics professor at Pepperdine in California. Join us as we explore how the seeds sown through a blog over ten years old has had lasting impact on faculty and students, as well as our entire grading reform community. Links Please note –…
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34 – Standards-Based Grading and Specifications Grading: Their Similarities and Differences
In this episode Sharona and Bosley go deeper into the comparison between standards-based grading and specifications-based grading. Looking at the four grading architecture decisions, what looks the same and what looks different between these two systems? Join us for another great conversation about grading. AND! Registration for the Grading Conference is open. Please join us…
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33 – An Interview with Dr. Thomas Guskey: A Journey through the History of Grading Reform Efforts
We are so very excited to be joined this week by Dr. Thomas Guskey, one of the pioneers in the area of grading reform and a huge inspiration to so many of us in this community. Join us for this extremely fun episode where we talk with Dr. Guskey about studying with Dr. Benjamin Bloom…
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32 – Active Learning and Alternative Grading: When Intentional Pedagogy and Intentional Assessment Truly Align
On this week’s episode, Sharona and Bosley speak with Dr. Theron Hitchman (TJ) about his experience with “accidentally” changing his grading while intentionally changing his classroom pedagogy to bring in Inquiry-Based Learning. Dr. Hitchman is a mathematics professor at the University of Northern Iowa. He teaches a variety of courses from upper-level Mathematics courses for…
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31 -The Role of “Effort” or “Work” in an Alternative Grading Architecture and the Relationship with Due Dates
Two of the most frequent questions that come up when introducing instructors to alternative grading are “What about homework/effort?” and “What about due dates?” In this episode, Sharona and Bosley look carefully into both of these questions. From rethinking all the “work” in your class and grading it not on time, place and manner but…
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30 – Listener Request – A Deep Dive into the Weeds of our Grading Architecture
By your request! A listener from New York City wrote in asking us to talk in more detail about our grading systems, what we have done right, what we have messed up – so we did! Sharona and Bosley talk in detail about some of the things they each tried and what worked and what…
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29 – The Current State and Future Wishes for SoTL in Alt Grading – with Dr. Drew Lewis
Let’s discuss SoTL research! What is it, what are some of the things that have been done to apply SoTL research to Alt Grading, and where do we want to see it go? Dr. Drew Lewis returns to the pod to share his experiences with SoTL research in his classrooms. Sharona and Bosley also share…