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The Principles of Grading for Growth
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36 minutes
Released:
Mar 21, 2024
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Podcast episode
Description
Robert Talbert shares about the principles of grading for growth on episode 510 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
In one shot, she can't get a B in the class. And I sat there and just watched her sense of self worth and her excitement in the class just decay away right before my eyes.
-Robert Talbert
When you look at grades as we often use them in a traditional setting, they are much of what we do is under the guise of object what we think is objectivity.
-Robert Talbert
The biggest thing that's broken about grades is that traditional grading is completely disconnected from the notion of a feedback loop.
-Robert Talbert
Give helpful feedback that doesn't humiliate the student, affirms their basic dignity as a human being, and highlights what went well. Helpful feedback also highlights what could use some work and invites students to collaborate with you to make it better.
-Robert Talbert
Reattempts without penalty, that's the closing of the feedback loop.
-Robert Talbert
Points used for grades are a judgment call that results in a label.
-Robert Talbert
Resources
Grading for Growth: A Guide to Alternative Grading Practices that Promote Authentic Learning and Student Engagement in Higher Education, by David Clark & Robert Talbert
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most (Third Edition), Douglas Stone & Sheila Heen
Dignity: Its Essential Role in Resolving Conflict, by Donna Hicks
Leading with Dignity: How to Create a Culture That Brings Out the Best in People, by Donna Hicks
The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain, by Annie Murphy Paul
Robert Talbert’s Sabbatical in Industry with Steelcase
The 12-week plan for building courses, by Robert Talbert
Quotes from the episode
In one shot, she can't get a B in the class. And I sat there and just watched her sense of self worth and her excitement in the class just decay away right before my eyes.
-Robert Talbert
When you look at grades as we often use them in a traditional setting, they are much of what we do is under the guise of object what we think is objectivity.
-Robert Talbert
The biggest thing that's broken about grades is that traditional grading is completely disconnected from the notion of a feedback loop.
-Robert Talbert
Give helpful feedback that doesn't humiliate the student, affirms their basic dignity as a human being, and highlights what went well. Helpful feedback also highlights what could use some work and invites students to collaborate with you to make it better.
-Robert Talbert
Reattempts without penalty, that's the closing of the feedback loop.
-Robert Talbert
Points used for grades are a judgment call that results in a label.
-Robert Talbert
Resources
Grading for Growth: A Guide to Alternative Grading Practices that Promote Authentic Learning and Student Engagement in Higher Education, by David Clark & Robert Talbert
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most (Third Edition), Douglas Stone & Sheila Heen
Dignity: Its Essential Role in Resolving Conflict, by Donna Hicks
Leading with Dignity: How to Create a Culture That Brings Out the Best in People, by Donna Hicks
The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain, by Annie Murphy Paul
Robert Talbert’s Sabbatical in Industry with Steelcase
The 12-week plan for building courses, by Robert Talbert
Released:
Mar 21, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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