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SUMMARY:Grading for Growth: Toward More Humane\, Authentic\, and Trustworthy Ways to Evaluate Student Work
DESCRIPTION:Image: 994yellow/Adobe Stock\n\n\n\nDr. Robert Talbert\, Professor of Mathematics and Senior Faculty Fellow for Learning Futures at Grand Valley State University \n\n\n\nDescription \n\n\n\nGrading as we know it is significantly broken. The traditional approach involving one-and-done assessment\, points\, partial credit\, and averaging is demotivating for students\, demoralizing for faculty\, time-consuming\, disconnected from science\, and of questionable statistical validity. But it is changeable\, and in fact there is no better time than now to explore alternatives that prioritize student growth and align better with how humans learn. In this talk\, we will explore the history and issues of traditional grading\, propose a framework for “alternative” grading practices\, and see how to implement alternative grading without massive requirements of time or energy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker\n\n\n\nRobert Talbert is a Professor of Mathematics and Senior Faculty Fellow for Learning Futures at Grand Valley State University in Allendale\, Michigan. He holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Vanderbilt University. Through over 25 years of being a classroom instructor\, Robert has experimented with and advocated for research-based\, student-focused innovation in teaching and learning. He was an early adopter of computer-based learning in mathematics and helped to pioneer the use of flipped instruction at the college level. He turned these experiences into a blog\, Casting Out Nines\, in 2006 which catalyzed a global online community around instructional innovation. \n\n\n\nIn addition to his teaching responsibilities\, Robert holds the position of Senior Faculty Fellow for Learning Futures at Grand Valley State\, where he works on behalf of the university president to coordinate institution-wide pedagogical innovation projects. He is the author of Flipped Learning: A Guide for Higher Education Faculty and the co-author (with his GVSU colleague Dr. David Clark) of Grading For Growth\, and gives keynote addresses and workshops to faculty groups throughout the US and abroad. His continued writing projects include the Grading For Growth Substack and Intentional Academia\, a Substack publication about productivity and purpose in higher education. \n\n\n\nRobert lives in western Michigan with his wife\, teenage children\, and three cats. On weekends and evenings\, you can find him playing bass in one of four bands he belongs to in the Grand Rapids area.
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