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135 - The Interaction of Alt Grading, Trauma-Informed Pedagogy, & Pedagogy of Kindness
Episode 135
In this episode, Boz and Sharona explore how trauma-informed pedagogy and “teaching with kindness” intersect with alternative grading, especially thr…
2 months, 1 week ago
134 - (Replay) Exploring Alt Grading in Physical Education (in more detail) with Josh Ogilvie
Episode 134
Due to unexpected technical difficulties we were unable to record a new episode for this week. We will be back with new episodes next week! In the me…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
133 - To Display (Grades) or Not To Display (Grades) - That is the Question!
Episode 133
In this episode of The Grading Podcast, Boz and Sharona dig into a 2025 longitudinal study that tackles a surprisingly practical question: should we …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
132 - New Semester, New Grading: Building Trust Before Content
Episode 132
A new semester is days away—and Sharona is stepping back into teaching precalculus for the first time in about a decade, this time with today’s alter…
3 months ago
131 - Why Now? The Urgency of Grading Reform in an AI-Saturated Era
Episode 131
Grading reform has been a decades-long effort—but in this episode, Sharona and Boz argue that it’s now urgent. They explore what’s changed: post-pand…
3 months, 1 week ago
130 - Rubric or Scoring Guide: Why Clarity Matters and How to Build Effective Rubrics
Episode 130
In this episode, Sharona and Boz discuss the recent grading controversy at the University of Oklahoma and use it as a launching point to focus on why…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
129 - (Replay) The Results are IN! Traditional Grading and Alternative Grading Went HEAD TO HEAD!!! What happened?
Episode 129
Happy New Year! We are taking a small break this week from releasing new episodes, so please enjoy our most popular episode from 2025. We'll be back …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
128 - (Replay)Visionary Leadership: Culture Change through Asking Questions - A 10-Year Journey to Building-Wide Grading Reform
Episode 128
Happy Holidays! We're taking the week off from recording, so enjoy this replay about visionary leadership!!
In this episode, Sharona and Boz interview…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
127 - An LMS Designed from the Ground Up for Alt Grading? Tell Me More! With Stephanie Valentine
Episode 127
Dr. Stephanie Valentine (University of Nebraska–Lincoln) joins Sharona and Boz to tell the origin story behind TeachFront—a grading-and-feedback plat…
4 months ago
126 - AI-Aware Teaching, Mastery Quizzes, and the Future of Grading with Derek Bruff
Episode 126
What happens to grading when AI can do so much of what we’ve traditionally asked students to do by hand? In this episode, Boz and Sharona talk with e…
4 months, 1 week ago