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Specifications Grading
FromTea for Teaching
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45 minutes
Released:
Aug 21, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
Faculty often find that grading student work is a stressful and time-consuming activity. Students sometimes see grades as a subject of negotiation rather than as an assessment of their learning. In this episode, Dr. Linda Nilson joins us to explore how specifications grading can save faculty time while motivating students to achieve the course learning outcomes.
Linda is the founding director of the Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation at Clemson University. She is the author of Specifications Grading: Restoring rigor, motivating students, and saving faculty time as well as many other superb books, book chapters, and articles on teaching and learning.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Linda is the founding director of the Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation at Clemson University. She is the author of Specifications Grading: Restoring rigor, motivating students, and saving faculty time as well as many other superb books, book chapters, and articles on teaching and learning.
A transcript of this episode and show notes may be found at http://teaforteaching.com.
Released:
Aug 21, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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