Academic honesty has been a major challenge of online learning since the pandemic. No matter how hard we try with the trandiational grading system, there doesn’t seem a satisfied solution. To address the problem, it’s better to consider alternative grading systems (see Robert Talbert’s blog post “How specifications grading changed my view of academic dishonesty"). In recent years, multiple alternative grading systems, such as specifications grading, standard-based grading, mastery grading, ungrading, have been widely adapted aiming at motivating student learning with explicitly designed practice supported by constructive feedback.
The following resourcesmay be helpful to learn and adapt a alternating grading system.
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Introduction to Alternative Grading Frameworks by the Center for Teaching & Learnig of UC Berkeley.
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Zooming in on all-or-nothing assessments: Some closely related forms of assessment and how they work by David Clark.
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Slack Workspace for Alternative Grading where you may find materials for various courses shared by memembers.
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Grading for Growth newsletters authored by David Clark and Robert Talbert.
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Robert Talbert’s blogs on teaching, learning, grading and more.
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The Grading Conferences which include Zoom videos and resources of the past conferences (videos can also be found in the Youtube channel Mastery Grading).
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How an alternative grading system is improving student learning by Celia Henry Arnaud.
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Ungrading: an FAQ by Jesse Stommel.
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Kristin Stephens-Martinez’s Podcast S3xE1: Alternative Grading with Brett Wortzman and Kevin Lin
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Ungrading after 11 weeks blog post of Robert Talbert which includes a syllabus example.
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Alternative Grading: Practices to Support Both Equity and Learning by Adriana Streifer and Michael Palmer from the Center of Teaching Exellence of University of Virginia. This article includes a guideline on designing a specifications grading system.
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PRIMUS Special Issues: Implementing Mastery Grading in the Undergraduate Mathematics Classroom.