Specifications Grading 2.0
eBook - ePub

Specifications Grading 2.0

Restoring Rigor, Motivating Students, Saving Faculty Time, and Developing Career Competencies

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eBook - ePub

Specifications Grading 2.0

Restoring Rigor, Motivating Students, Saving Faculty Time, and Developing Career Competencies

About this book

This second edition of the alternative grading classic revisits specs grading with a robust body of research, exemplars, and strategies to elevate the quality of student work, increase engagement and buy-in, reduce faculty stress, and cultivate students' career competencies.

Nilson and Packowski present the unique characteristics of the specs grading schema, all of which simplify faculty decision making, reduce antagonism between the evaluator and the evaluated, and increase student receptivity to meaningful feedback, thus facilitating a mutually beneficial, rigorous learning process. Used consistently over time, specs grading can restore credibility to grades by demonstrating and making transparent to all stakeholders the learning outcomes that students achieve.

This book features five new chapters stemming from firsthand accounts of dozens of instructors actively using specs grading and new material in six of the remaining eight chapters. It lays out the surprisingly simple transition process, positioning specs grading as the most viable and easy-to-use system available to faculty.

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Yes, you can access Specifications Grading 2.0 by Linda B. Nilson,Joseph A. Packowski in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Education & Education General. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781040421505
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education General

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Endorsement Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Table of Contents
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. About the Authors
  10. Preface
  11. 1 The Continuing Need for a New Grading System
  12. 2 Learning Outcomes and Course Design
  13. 3 Linking Grades to Outcomes
  14. 4 Pass/Fail Grading for Rigor, Motivation, and Faculty Peace of Mind
  15. 5 Essentials of Specifications Grading
  16. 6 Converting Specs-Graded Student Work Into Final Letter Grades
  17. 7 Specs-Graded Course Designs in STEM and the Health Sciences
  18. 8 Specs-Graded Course Designs in Business, the Humanities, and the Social Sciences
  19. 9 Evidence of Restored Rigor, Student Motivation, and Saved Faculty Time
  20. 10 What Do the Students Think?
  21. 11 Developing Students’ Career Competencies
  22. 12 Developing a Course With Specs Grading
  23. 13 An Evaluation of Specs Grading
  24. Appendix: LMSs and an Offline Grading Planner
  25. References
  26. Index