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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…
2 years, 3 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…
2 years, 3 months ago
45 - Exploring the schedule for the 2024 Grading Conference
Episode 45
Join us as we explore some of the sessions at the upcoming Grading Conference! Sharona and Bosley share some details of the newly released schedule f…
2 years, 4 months ago
44 - Artificial Intelligence And Alt Grading: Challenges and Opportunities
Episode 44
If you base your grades on "authentic assessment of student work", then what do you do when technology catches up to the point where AI can do BETTER…
2 years, 4 months ago
43 - Alt Grading as a Team: Course Coordination, PLCs, course teams - how to do this together!
Episode 43
In this episode, Sharona and Bosley discuss some of the details of how to manage doing alternatively grading as a team. Given the extremely personal …
2 years, 4 months ago
42 - Metacognition, Power Structures in the Classroom, what is reasonable to expect of students? An Interview with Dr. Theresa Gaines.
Episode 42
In this episode, Sharona and Boz sit down with Dr. Theresa Gaines (Gath) to talk about how they think about metacognition and power structures in the…
2 years, 4 months ago
41 - Second Chance Grading: How Small, Gentle Approach to Changing Grading Led to Research Into Alt Grading
Episode 41
In this episode, Sharona and Bosley sit down with Dr. Brie Tripp and Dr. Rob Furrow, both from the University of California, Davis. Brie and Rob shar…
2 years, 5 months ago
40 - Data-Driven Instruction: Using Learning Outcome Data to Talk with Students, Instructors, and Administrators
Episode 40
In this episode, Sharona and Bosley go into more depth about how tracking student progress on learning outcomes can provide a wealth of data to use i…
2 years, 5 months ago
39 - Systemic Change - A Look at how Los Angeles Unified School District developed their new grading policy, based on Equitable Grading practices. With Joe Zeccola
Episode 39
In February 2024, with very little fanfare, Los Angeles Unified School District introduced a new grading policy, the first update since 2005. Based i…
2 years, 5 months ago
38 - Twenty+ Small Steps to Get Started with Alt Grading (Inspired by the recent blog post at Grading for Growth)
Episode 38
A recent post on the Grading for Growth blog sparked this interesting conversation about different entry points to starting down the alt grading path…
2 years, 5 months ago