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dccmath.bsky.social
Mathematician at GVSU, but all views are my own. Author of Grading for Growth, the book and the blog! Blog: https://gradingforgrowth.com/ Book: https://www.routledge.com/9781642673814 Info: https://sites.google.com/mail.gvsu.edu/clarkdav/
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this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake

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Today on Grading for Growth: Whoops! Rookie mistakes with alternative grading.

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Alternative graders! I'm working on a blog post about "rookie mistakes" -- the things that new alt. graders most commonly do that cause them trouble. My list so far: - Unlimited reassessments - Too many standards - Super-duper complex system What would you add?

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Mathematicians: Somebody designed a card game based on Tom Lehrer's "Lobachevsky". The goal is to build a sequence of friends starting in Minsk and ending in Dnepropetrovsk, which lets you publish a paper. boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42...

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We are right at one month away from the 2025 Grading Conference (June 11--13), and have just posted the schedule. Check out all the amazing presentations we will have this year! www.centerforgradingreform.org/grading-conf...

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This morning on Grading for Growth, Lance Markowitz -- an undergraduate student -- shares his perspective on grading.

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GVSU math hiring visitors! Great place to teach, lots of collaboration, discussion and PD, leader in OER development and use! Visitors are mentored, too. Looking to develop your higher ed math teaching? And live in a cool place? gvsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...

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Do you have something to say about alternative grading? We're looking for guest posters on Grading for Growth!

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I swear I saw a paper titled "Do all the things" (or something similar), maybe in @readprimus.bsky.social, about a class being taught with a lot of different innovative aspects. Now I can't find any reference. Does anybody remember this?

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Today on Grading for Growth, I reflect on using an "exemplary" mark to encourage excellent work... and how it can sometimes cause more trouble than it's worth.

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I wrote a guest post on The Grading for Growth about my experience implementing alternative grading practices in a #researchmethods course as a graduate student. Check it out! Thanks to @dccmath.bsky.social and @roberttalbert.bsky.social for the opportunity to share this work.

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Today on Grading for Growth: Alternative grading as a graduate student! Carly Gray tells us how it can be done.

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The idea of education is to help people learn. The idea that education is about separating wheat from chaff is held by a distressing number of elitists from across the political spectrum. It's a stupid and toxic idea that should be rejected at every opportunity.

submitted 55 days ago • 13 comments

So, what are you doing about *gestures* all this that actually FEELS meaningful? Genuine question. I need ideas. What I'm doing increasingly feels like it doesn't matter -- calling congresscritters (Peters and Slotkin are my Senators, heaven help us) and writing letters especially.

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

Amidst the chaos, I completely forgot to link to yesterday's blog post. Please enjoy one week's worth of my uncensored thoughts about grading: gradingforgrowth.com/p/davids-gra...

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Today's Grading for Growth guest post: Michael D. Johnson writes about student self-assessment in a digital design and production class.

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Today at Grading For Growth: How often is often enough, when it comes to assessing students - especially in an alternative grading system with reattempts? I break down the issues with both over- and under-assessment and give some guidelines for finding the right balance. gradingforgrowth.com...

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The deadline for submitting an abstract to this year’s Grading Conference is rapidly approaching! Submissions are due Feb 28!! www.centerforgradingreform.org/grading-conf...

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Guest post by Matt Mio: Grade trackers -- a history of his attempts to make them work, with some concrete advice about what helps and what doesn't. gradingforgrowth.com/p/tracking-a...

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Today at Grading For Growth, we have a special video post! I interviewed Susan Blum @susandblum.bsky.social about our experiences with a recent trip to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to work with faculty there on alternative grading. gradingforgrowth.com...

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Reminder to all: If you are a higher education instructor using flipped instruction in some form, and would like to be interviewed about what you are doing, please take 5-6 minutes to fill out this form: docs.google.com/form... You're super-invited if you are in the humanities or social sciences!

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New on the UVA Teaching Hub: Alternative grading experts @roberttalbert.bsky.social and @dccmath.bsky.social have curated a set of resources on "Grading for Growth"! teaching.virginia.edu/collections/...

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Today on Grading for Growth: Our guest poster Jennifer Currey writes about using alternative grading in an engineering (statics) class.

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