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55 - Alternative Grading as a Healing Process Part 1 of 2: Exploring the Harmful Wordviews that Undergird the Letter Grading System, an Interview with Dr. Jeff Anderson
Episode 55
In this, our first two-part episode on The Grading Podcast, Sharona and Bosley speak with Dr. Jeff Anderson, a community college math professor who h…
1 year, 8 months ago
54 - Reflections on the 2024 Grading Conference with Ashleigh Fox and Drew Lewis
Episode 54
Now that we are a few weeks out from the 2024 Grading Conference, Sharona sits down with two of the organizers (and repeat guests on the pod) Dr. Ash…
1 year, 8 months ago
53 - Reflections on One Year of The Grading Podcast: Lessons Learned and Goals for the Upcoming Year
Episode 53
In this episode Sharona and Bosley reflect on one year of The Grading Podcast. From memorable moments and guests to
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1 year, 9 months ago
52 - Progress Tracking: Communicating with Students to Encourage Learning and Promote Buy-In
Episode 52
A common pushback that practitioners of alternative grading get is that students "don't know how they are doing". In this episode, Sharona and Bosley…
1 year, 9 months ago
51 - Reflecting on Standards-Based Grading with Joe Zeccola and Ashleigh Fox
Episode 51
In this episode, Joe Zeccola and Dr. Ashleigh Fox join Sharona and Bosley as we look at a critique of standards-based grading written from someone in…
1 year, 9 months ago
50 - How we quadrupled our pass rate: Lessons learned from Redesigning Precalculus, An Interview with Dr. Latrice Bowman
Episode 50
In this episode, Sharona and Bosley speak with Dr. Latrice Bowman, a mathematics faculty member from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Latrice too…
1 year, 9 months ago
49 - Teaching and Assessing Writing - Ungrading, AI and a LOT of Rethinking: an Interview with Emily Pitts Donahoe
Episode 49
In this episode, Sharona and Bosley talk with Dr. Emily Pitts Donahoe about teaching writing in a world where ungrading is the system and AI exists. …
1 year, 10 months ago
48 - Implementation Challenges and Opportunities: A Conversation with Becky Peppler and Don Smith on Working with K-12 School Districts to implement Alternative Grading
Episode 48
In this episode we talk with Becky Peppler and Don Smith from First Educational Resources, an organization dedicated to providing K-12 school distric…
1 year, 10 months ago
47 - Taking Alternative Grading With You: An Interview with Dr. Rachel Weir
Episode 47
In this episode we talk with Dr. Rachel Weir. Dr. Weir is a Professor of Mathematics at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA. She has been the Director…
1 year, 10 months ago
46 - Extinguishing the Fires within Assessment and Grading Reform: Welcoming Back Dr. Matt Townsley
Episode 46
On this episode we welcome back the "sportscaster" of Alternative Grading, Dr. Matt Townsley, to talk about his new book Extinguishing the Fires with…
1 year, 10 months ago