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Specifications Grading : Restoring Rigor, Motivating Students, and Saving Faculty Time.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (176 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781000975048
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Specifications GradingDDC classification:
  • 378.1/6620973
LOC classification:
  • LB2368 -- .N557 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: The Need for a New Grading System -- Chapter 2: Learning Outcomes and Course Design -- Chapter 3: Linking Grades to Outcomes -- Chapter 4: Pass/Fail Grading for Rigor, Motivation, and Faculty Peace of Mind -- Chapter 5: Essentials of Specifications Grading -- Chapter 6: Converting Specs-Graded Student Work into Final Letter Grades -- Chapter 7: Examples of Specs-Graded Course Designs -- Chapter 8: The Motivational Power of Specs Grading -- Chapter 9: Developing a Course with Specs Grading -- Chapter 10: An Evaluation of Specs Grading -- References -- About the Author -- Index.
Summary: This book features many examples of courses that faculty have adapted to spec grading and lays out the surprisingly simple transition process. It is intended for all members of higher education who teach, whatever the discipline and regardless of rank, as well as those who oversee, train, and advise those who teach.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: The Need for a New Grading System -- Chapter 2: Learning Outcomes and Course Design -- Chapter 3: Linking Grades to Outcomes -- Chapter 4: Pass/Fail Grading for Rigor, Motivation, and Faculty Peace of Mind -- Chapter 5: Essentials of Specifications Grading -- Chapter 6: Converting Specs-Graded Student Work into Final Letter Grades -- Chapter 7: Examples of Specs-Graded Course Designs -- Chapter 8: The Motivational Power of Specs Grading -- Chapter 9: Developing a Course with Specs Grading -- Chapter 10: An Evaluation of Specs Grading -- References -- About the Author -- Index.

This book features many examples of courses that faculty have adapted to spec grading and lays out the surprisingly simple transition process. It is intended for all members of higher education who teach, whatever the discipline and regardless of rank, as well as those who oversee, train, and advise those who teach.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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