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Meeting 1: Why Ungrade? Why Grade?
For the first meeting on Oct. 1 at 12:40pm EST, we read the Foreword by Alfie Kohn, the Preface, and the introduction “Why Ungrade? Why Grade?” by Susan Blum. We started off by sharing a bit about our reasons for joining this FIG and what we wanted to get out of Blum’s UNgrading book. Folks […]
Meeting 2: How to Ungrade?
For the second meeting on Oct 22, 2021 at 12:40 EST, we discussed Chapter 1: “How to Ungrade” by Jesse Stommel Chapter 2: “What Going Gradeless Taught Me about Doing the ‘Actual Work'” by Aaron Blackwelder. The notes you find here are a combination of snippets from our conversation, individual ideas, some specific quotes, paraphrased […]
Meeting 3: Assessing verus Grading
We met on Fri Nov 12 @ 12:40 to discuss Chapter 3: “Just One Change (Just Kidding): Ungrading and Its Necessary Accompaniments” by Susan Blum Chapter 4: “Shifting the Grading Mindset” by Starr Sackstein. The conversation centered on Blum’s chapter and approach to self-assessment and self-reflective grading practices and Sackstein’s argument around changing the way […]
Meeting 4: Ungrading: Peer Contracts, Chem and Math
For this last meeting on Dec 3, 2021 @ 12:40 we discussed Chapter 7: “Contract Grading and Peer Review” by Christina Katopodis and Cathy N. Davidson, Chapter 9: A STEM Ungrading Case Study: A Reflection on First-Time Implementation in Organic Chemistry” by Clarissa Sorensen-Unruh, and Chapter 10: “The Point-less Classroom: A Math Teacher’s Ironic Choice […]
