IN & BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

" Decisions about grading practices depend a great deal on an instructor's values, assumptions, and educational philosophy"
                                                                         pointed out in:  Erikson, Peters, and Stommer (2006)
                                                                                                   (as noted in Tools for Teaching, Chapter 43)

 
Topic 12 -  Grading and Feedback

Class topics:

- Different philosophies and practices in grading
- Setting policies, addressing complaints
- Mechanics of grading: calculating and assigning grades
- Suggestions for designing grading rubrics

READING PREPARATION:

 Note that we will meet in our regular classroom this Wednesday, HARVILL 435D, (not the OIA.)

In Tools for Teaching, read chapters 43 & 44 on Grading Practices & Calculating and Assigning Grades

Kyla Macario of the OIA ( our guest presenter for this Wed April 20th has suggested the following interesting READINGS for Topics 11 & 12.  They are posted in D2L under CONTENT - For Topic 11 on Testing & Topic 12 on Grading  For addtional reading on Topic 11 on Testing:  Testing: the Details (Chapter 8 in McKeachie's Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers (College Teaching) 2005 Constructing Valid Tests to Match Your Learning Objectives  Using Post-Test Analysis to Help Students See Correlation Between Effort and Performance   For Topic 12 on Grading: Grading: Alternative Approaches Two Reasons Why I Still Use Rubrics

• Go to the TATO online training module on Rubrics,  which covers: 
  What is a rubric?
  What are the benefits of using a rubric?
  Principles and Practices in Creating a Rubric  
  
  [see directions under Topic 10 on how to access the TATO modules]