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About UNgrading

About UNgrading

Summary

The moment is right for critical reflection on what has been assumed to be a core part of schooling. In Ungrading, fifteen educators write about their diverse experiences going gradeless. Some contributors are new to the practice and some have been engaging in it for decades. Some are in humanities and social sciences, some in STEM fields. Some are in higher education, but some are the K–12 pioneers who led the way. Based on rigorous and replicated research, this is the first book to show why and how faculty who wish to focus on learning, rather than sorting or judging, might proceed. It includes honest reflection on what makes ungrading challenging, and testimonials about what makes it transformative.  

An image of the UNgrading table of contents: UNgrading: Table of Contents Forward – Alfie Kohn Intro: Why Ungrade? Why Grade? – Susan D. Blum  Part I: Foundations and Models 1	How to Ungrade – Jesse Stommel 2	What Going Gradeless Taught me about Doing the “Actual Work”- Aaron Blackwelder 3	Just One Change (Just Kidding): Ungrading and Its Necessary Accompaniments – Susan D. Blum 4	Shifting the Grading Mindset – Starr Sackenstein 5	Grades Stifle Student Learning. Can we Learn to Teach without Grades? – Arthur Chiaravalli  Part II: Practices  6	Let’s Talk about Grading – Laura Gibbs 7	Contract Grading and Peer Review – Christina Katopodis and Cathy N. Davidson 8	 Critique Driven Learning and Assessment – Christopher Reisbeck 9	A STEM Ungrading Case Study: A Reflection on First-Time Implementation in Organic Chemistry II – Clarissa Sorensen-Unruh 10	The Point-less Classroom: A Math Teachers Ironic Choice in Not Calculating Grades – Gary Chu  Part III: Reflections 11	 Grade Anarchy in the Philosophy Classroom – Marcus Schultz-Bergin 12	 Conference Musings and the G-Word – Joy Kirr 13	 Wile E. Coyote, the Hero of Ungrading – John Warner 14	 Conclusion: Not Simple but Essential – Susan D. Blum


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