{"product_id":"grading-for-growth-a-guide-to-alternati","title":"Grading For Growth: A Guide To Alternati","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAre you satisfied with your current and traditional grading system? Does it accurately reflect your students’ learning and progress? Can it be gamed? Does it lead to grade-grubbing and friction with your students?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors of this book – two professors of mathematics with input from colleagues across disciplines and institutions – offer readers a fundamentally more effective and authentic approach to grading that they have implemented for over a decade. Recognizing that traditional grading penalizes students in the learning process by depriving them of the formative feedback that is fundamental to improvement, the authors offer alternative strategies that encourage revision and growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlternative grading is concerned with students’ \u003ci\u003eeventual\u003c\/i\u003e level of understanding. This leads to big changes: Students take time to review past failures and learn from them. Conversations shift from “why did I lose a point for this” to productive discussions of content and process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlternative grading can be used successfully at \u003ci\u003eany\u003c\/i\u003e level, in \u003ci\u003eany\u003c\/i\u003e situation, and \u003ci\u003eany\u003c\/i\u003e discipline, in classes that range from seminars to large multi-section lectures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a comprehensive introduction to alternative grading, beginning with a framework and rationale for implementation and evidence of its effectiveness. The heart of the book includes detailed examples – including variations on Standards-Based Grading, Specifications Grading, and ungrading -- of how alternative grading practices are used in all kinds of classroom environments, disciplines and institutions with a focus on first-hand accounts by faculty who share their practices and experience. The book includes a workbook chapter that takes readers through a step-by-step process for building a prototype of their own alternatively graded class and ends with concrete, practical, time-tested advice for new practitioners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe underlying principles of alternative grading involve\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvaluating student work using \u003ci\u003eclearly defined and context-appropriate content standards.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGiving students \u003ci\u003ehelpful, actionable feedback.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSummarizing the feedback with marks that indicate progress rather than arbitrary numbers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAllowing students to \u003ci\u003erevise without penalty\u003c\/i\u003e, using the feedback they receive, until the standards are met or exceeded.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is intended for faculty interested in exploring alternative forms of learning assessment as well as those currently using alternative grading systems who are looking for ideas and options to refine practice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57306715423102,"sku":"NW9781642673814","price":28.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781642673814.jpg?v=1778576379","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/grading-for-growth-a-guide-to-alternati","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}