14 Sep 2023
I had some fun rewriting my teaching statement in Top Five form.
#pedagogy #UDL #ungrading #specificationsgrading
ALT First page enumerating five principles that guide my teaching.
ALT Second page with endnote to the five items.
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12 May 2023
Degrees of Freedom (you do, subscribe, right?? all links below) explored the topic of #specificationsgrading and what grading means in @highereducation. With @vassverk and @LSKrook and of course Malcolm Davis and myself...
linktr.ee/degreesoffreedom
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6 Mar 2023
Have you been wondering how to best get @Canvas_by_Inst and #SpecificationsGrading to work together? Wonder no more!
Using the Canvas Gradebook with Specifications Grading open.substack.com/pub/gradin…
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21 Sep 2022
Just completed a brief presentation about #specificationsGrading at the SET Teaching Workshop about meaningful #grading for @UW Tacoma. Thanks for the invite Monika Sobolewska. #Grading4Growth
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2 Sep 2022
This is why #AlternativeGrading is so important. In approaches like #SpecificationsGrading opportunities to revise convey that being wrong is part of the learning process not a fixed state that you can't change
2 Sep 2022
Being wrong isn't a bad thing like they teach you in school. It is an opportunity to learn something.
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19 May 2022
I firmly believe that grading shouldn't be about causing students stress. It should be used to help students grow and learn. Every semester students express that this is what they get from #ungrading #SpecificationsGrading
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3 May 2022
I just read this great article by @RobertTalbert which provides "A statistical case against points-based grading." It's worth your time to read it. So what could you use other than points? #SpecificationsGrading or #ungrading are both very viable options. gradingforgrowth.com/p/when-…
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5 Apr 2022
Every semester, I have to explain to my students that the grade book doesn’t handle #SpecificationsGrading well at all, and further explain the mediocre solution a colleague came up with to kinda sorta deal with it.
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1 Feb 2022
Check out this awesome new resource from Tom Wenzel, Michelle Kovarik, and Jill Robinson -- pioneers of the active learning in analytical chemistry movement. It was an honor to contribute part of a chapter on alternative assessment. #SpecificationsGrading
1 Feb 2022
The ACS Symposium Series on Active Learning in the Analytical Chemistry Curriculum is finally out in the world! Check it out if you teach analytical chemistry or are interested in active learning in chemistry more generally.
pubs.acs.org/doi/book/10.102…
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3 Jan 2022
I’m not teaching this term, but I do plan to use this time to address some huge issues I faced last semester:
Learning Canvas
Revisiting #SpecificationsGrading
Better coordinating assignments and guest speakers
#ProfLife
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13 Sep 2021
I have started using #specificationsgrading for this very reason - work is graded pass/fail and students have to correct what they got wrong in order to “pass” an assignment. The best part - no haggling over partial credit.
12 Sep 2021
After advising PhD & Master students for over a decade, there is one thing I find most students need to unlearn: the half-ass work mentality acquired during years of tests and homework. Let me explain (thread 🧵). 1/N #AcademicTwitter
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18 May 2021
"While I initially was apprehensive about the grading system, I have come to appreciate its straightforward nature and clear expectations. This makes it easier to learn course content in many cases." ~ Student
#SpecificationsGrading @ballstatehonors @BallStateCSH @AcademicChatter
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8 Apr 2021
At #ACSSpring2021? Join us tomorrow (4/9, 12-7pm) for a symposium on Active Learning in Analytical Chemistry, organized by Tom Wenzel. Join when you can. @ACS_ANYL
Putting together my slides now! #SpecificationsGrading #ActiveLearning #SmallGroupWork #InclusiveClassroom
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22 Dec 2020
Now, we move on to the exams, which should go more quickly. I'm experimenting with #specificationsgrading which is connected to #ungrading. It's a huge relief to be able to acknowledge the work done and not tie myself in mental pretzels over whether something is an 89 or a 92.
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30 Jun 2020
1/4 I was recently accused of being a boat rocker, based on the following quote from Stephen Brookfield’s "Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher". I'm taking it as a good thing. @AcademicChatter @BSUCompSci @BallStateCSH @BSUImmersive #FlippedLearning #SpecificationsGrading
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30 Jul 2018
#BCCE2018 is, as always, wonderful and a bit overwhelming. Learning just as much (or more) as a workshop facilitator rather than attendee. Looking forward to more great #specificationsgrading conversation this afternoon!
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