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15 - SoTL: Alternative Grading as a Classroom Practice and a Dissertation Research Topic - an Interview with Ashleigh Fox
Description
On this episode we welcome Ashleigh Fox. Ashleigh is a writing professor at Community College of Allegheny County in Pennsylvania, and is doing her dissertation on best practices in Alternative Grading in Higher Education. In this conversation, we discuss successes and "not yet" successes in her courses, her dissertation research into Alternative Grading, as well as her experience attending the (mostly STEM focused) Grading Conference in June 2023.
Links
Ashleigh Fox on Linked In and at Community College of Allegheny County
Asao Inoue, Arizona State University
- Blog
- Grading Writing is a Racist Practice In Statement Magazine
Ungrading, edited by Susan D. Blum (Amazon Associates link)
Resources
The Grading Conference - an annual, online conference exploring Alternative Grading in Higher Education and K-12.
Some great resources to educate yourself about Alternative Grading:
Recommended Books on Alternative Grading (Please note - any books linked here are likely Amazon Associates links. Clicking on them and purchasing through them helps support the show. Thanks for your support!) :
- Grading for Growth, by Robert Talbert and David Clark
- Specifications Grading, by Linda Nilsen
- Undoing the Grade, by Jesse Stommel
- Grading for Equity, by Joe Feldman
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