In a presentation by Amy B. Mulnix, Director, Franklin and Marshall College, she described one quality of good teaching as having “equity mindedness” or approaching classroom interactions with the goal of closing achievement gaps that exist within your class. “I want to move us away from always thinking about equity-mindedness in terms of what we… Read more »
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Mastery Grading
Robert Talbert, Ph.D., Department of Mathematics, Grand Valley State University recently gave a talk (2021) on mastery grading. He explained that mastery grading aims to make grading a positive, useful, even enjoyable (?!) process by refocusing on grading for eventual mastery of well-defined learning targets rather than one-and-done assessments and points and focusing on instructive feedback rather than auditive point allocations. Campbell,… Read more »