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145 - The Wrap-Up Dilemma: Turning Evidence into a Final Grade with Dr. Tim Monk
Episode 145
In this episode, Sharona and Boz are joined by electrical engineering professor Tim Monk to tackle a surprisingly thorny piece of grading design: how…
8 hours ago
144 - Second-Order Change: Why Grading Reform Requires Leadership, Not Just Teachers
Episode 144
In this episode, Sharona and Boz welcome back Matt Townsley to dig into a critical—and often overlooked—truth about grading reform: if leaders don’t …
1 week ago
143 - Barrier or Breakthrough? Course Coordination and the Future of Grading with Deb Carney
Episode 143
In this episode, Sharona and Boz are joined by Deb Carney to explore the complex role of course coordination in the adoption of alternative grading p…
2 weeks ago
142 - Please Harvard! Don't get it wrong this time!! What's wrong with a cap on A's - a discussion with Dr. Stephanie Valentine
Episode 142
In this follow-up to their earlier conversation about Harvard and “too many A’s,” Sharona and Boz welcome back Dr. Stephanie Valentine to unpack Harv…
3 weeks ago
141 - The Ungrading Spectrum: From Compliance to Student Ownership
Episode 141
In this episode, Sharona and Boz welcome back Chris Sarkonak to explore his powerful concept of the ungrading spectrum—a framework that maps the evol…
4 weeks ago
140 - Beyond Labels: Specifications, Standards and Designing Better Grading - with Adriana Streifer
Episode 140
Sharona and Boz are joined by Dr. Adriana Streifer, Associate Professor and Associate Director at the University of Virginia’s Center for Teaching Ex…
1 month ago
139 - Using Your Values to Design Your Grading with Dr. Lindsay Masland
Episode 139
In this episode, Sharona and Boz talk with Dr. Lindsay Masland about how meaningful grading reform starts not with a particular system, but with inte…
1 month, 1 week ago
138 - Too Many A’s Or Too Much Confusion?
Episode 138
In “Too Many A’s,” Sharona and Boz revisit a popular media narrative about “grade inflation,” starting with a Harvard-focused story that treats “too …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
137 - Mild, Medium, Spicy: Gamifying Mastery in Grade 7 Math with Gabriel Despatie
Episode 137
Grade 7 math teacher Gabriel Despatie (Ontario) shares what happened when he tried to “overlay” standards-based grading onto nine years of refined te…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
136 - Grading for Physicists, Not Point Collectors - with Chris Sarkonak
Episode 136
Chris Sarkonak—high school physics and math teacher in Brandon, Manitoba and a PhD student in educational assessment—joins Boz and Sharona to describ…
2 months ago