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35 - An Interview with Dr. Joshua Bowman: Alternative Grading for over a decade, the Importance of Blog Posts
Episode 35
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 …
2 years, 1 month ago
34 - Standards-Based Grading and Specifications Grading: Their Similarities and Differences
Episode 34
In this episode Sharona and Bosley go deeper into the comparison between standards-based grading and specifications-based grading. Looking at the fou…
2 years, 1 month ago
33 - An Interview with Dr. Thomas Guskey: A Journey through the History of Grading Reform Efforts
Episode 33
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 ma…
2 years, 1 month ago
32 - Active Learning and Alternative Grading: When Intentional Pedagogy and Intentional Assessment Truly Align
Episode 32
On this week's episode, Sharona and Bosley speak with Dr. Theron Hitchman (TJ) about his experience with "accidentally" changing his grading while in…
2 years, 2 months ago
31 -The Role of "Effort" or "Work" in an Alternative Grading Architecture and the Relationship with Due Dates
Episode 31
Two of the most frequent questions that come up when introducing instructors to alternative grading are "What about homework/effort?" and "What about…
2 years, 2 months ago
30 - Listener Request - A Deep Dive into the Weeds of our Grading Architecture
Episode 30
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 …
2 years, 2 months ago
29 - The Current State and Future Wishes for SoTL in Alt Grading - with Dr. Drew Lewis
Episode 29
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 …
2 years, 2 months ago
28 - Developing and Using Technology Tools to Author Assessments - with Steven Clontz
Episode 28
In this week's episode, Dr. Steven Clontz returns to talk in more detail about creating and using open source tools to support aspects of alt grading…
2 years, 2 months ago
27 - Developing Your Course Calendar
Episode 27
In this episode, Sharona and Bosley take a detailed look at what goes into developing a course calendar for an alternatively graded course. How do we…
2 years, 3 months ago
26 - Active Learning and Alternative Grading: An Introduction to Team-Based Inquiry Learning with Dr. Drew Lewis and Dr. Steven Clontz
Episode 26
Welcome to 2024! In our first new episode of the year, Sharona sits down with Drew Lewis and Steven Clontz to discuss their Team-Based Inquiry Learni…
2 years, 3 months ago