Hypothesis: If every college student were required to learn a sport or a musical instrument that they didn't already know as part of their graduation requirements, pushback about alternative grading would disappear.
Robert Talbert
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Math professor, writer, bass player, Dad, Catholic. Instigator and facilitator. Not in thar order. Rtalbert.org / gradingforgrowth.com / intentionalacademia.substack.com
Today at Grading For Growth: I have an update on the changes I made to the grading approach in my discrete math classes that shifted most assessments to timed testing. I still have a lot of questions about this; but I didn't hate it.
https://gradingforgrowth.com/p/my-ai-driven-grading-changes-a-3x3x3
Today at Intentional Academia: Email is not your job! Here are some ground truths and practical strategies for managing email in academia so that it doesn't manage you.
https://intentionalacademia.substack.com/p/putting-email-in-its-place-and-its
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Today at Grading For Growth: How often is often enough, when it comes to assessing students - especially in an alternative grading system with reattempts? I break down the issues with both over- and under-assessment and give some guidelines for finding the right balance. https://gradingforgrowth.com/p/navigating-the-challenges-of-assessment
Today at Grading For Growth, we have a special video post! I interviewed Susan Blum about our experiences with a recent trip to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to work with faculty there on alternative grading.
https://gradingforgrowth.com/p/alternative-grading-in-saudi-arabia
Alternative grading in Saudi Arabia: A conversation with Susan Blum
Curiosity, course design, and ungrading in the Middle East
Today at Intentional Academia: Being ghosted when you're messaging someone is no fun, and can be really unprofessional. How can we avoid doing this to others and have a more intentional approach to email? #productivity
https://open.substack.com/pub/intentionalacademia/p/how-not-to-ghost-people
Here is yet another update to the alternative grading resource page. This one includes a reorganization of my course materials, a 1-hour (!) video doing a deep dive on the design of one course, and an expanded list of research articles.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1is0DKmhYMAUrCWN73_1U_GLMj_BXjyAAFZiY17eUq4I/edit?usp=sharing
Talbert Grading For Growth resource page
Grading for Growth Toward more humane, authentic, and trustworthy ways to evaluate student work Resource Page Curated by Robert Talbert, Ph.D. Contact: Robert Talbert -- [email protected] / http://rtalbert.org / LinkedIn / Twitter To contact Robert about speaking and workshops: https://rta...
Today at Grading For Growth, guest author Greg Foster-Rice shares his implementation of alternative grading in a History of Photography course.
https://gradingforgrowth.com/p/tip-toeing-into-alternative-grading
Today at Intentional Academia: My third fundamental principle for intentional life and work in academia, dealing with the tension between individual action and the need for systemic change. Sure to make somebody out there mad.
https://intentionalacademia.substack.com/p/work-for-systemic-change-but-dont
