Effective alternative assessment practices in higher education

"COVID-19 and increased attention to how institutions of higher education (IHEs) serve an increasingly diverse student population have brought conversations about "standard" practices from the margins to the center as faculty explore how to improve learning and student success for all...

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Other Authors Tomlin, Antione D. (Editor), Nowik, Christine M. (Editor), Cupid, Sherella (Contributor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2024]
SeriesResearch, theory, and practice within academic affairs.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806600885
DOI10.1108/9798887305790
Physical Description1 online resource (xv, 202 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Part I
  • The journey to equitable grading practices in higher education / Rebecca D. Brown and Kirsten R. Robbins
  • Looking backward, looking forward: reflection as embedded, iterative practice at New College of Florida / Carrie Benesœ, Elizabeth Leininger, and Jennifer Wells
  • Stumbling Into the right grading system / Brittany N. Avila
  • Small steps to ungrading the language classroom / Lori Mesrobian
  • Rediscovering a joy for teaching through alternative assessment: completion-based grading and peer review / Kimberly M. Baker
  • Let them set the course: supporting student agency through ungrading and emergent outcomes / Andrew M. Zinck
  • Three techniques to increase engagement and learning / Julie K. Ambrose
  • Part I I
  • Strategies for teaching from the tabletop: A role-playing gamer's approach to class planning / Nick Cialini
  • Learning to take chances: Ungrading, experimentation, and cura personalis in history courses / Elizabeth A. Drummond
  • Democratizing language and assessment practice in the writing classroom / Matt Greene
  • Specifications grading meets computer science: Implementations in skill- and project-based courses / David L. Largent
  • Labor-based grading: An equitable and revitalizing assessment method in writing classrooms / Anthony Lince
  • Using ungrading assessment practices to enhance immersive learning experiences in student-led, community-engaged courses / Lynne M. Stallings and David L. Largent
  • Engagement-based ungrading practices / Keith W. Mathias
  • Part I I I
  • Ungrading without burnout: Methods for relationship- Centered online teaching / Rachel A. Zimmerman
  • Building community through alternative assessment in an online course / Leah K. Clarke
  • Ungrading ESL teacher education / Nigel A. Caplan
  • Community-engaged learning and alternative assessment: A natural partnership / Tai Munro and Lauren McMullen
  • Ungrading the MA classroom / Rita Shah
  • Using oral exams to assess conceptual understanding in proof writing courses / Amanda Harsy.