Dec. 15 – How to get students to stop thinking about grades, and focus on learning instead
Please join us for our next Skylight Online Teaching Series event, presented by Firas Moosvi (CMPS, UBCO), Celeste Leander (BOTA/ZOOL, UBCV), Jackie Stewart (CHEM, UBCV), Brian Hunt (IOF, UBCV), Caitlin Donnelly (BOTA, UBCV), Marcia Graves (MBIM, UBCV), Montserrat Rueda-Becerril (CHEM, UBCV), and Taylor Wright (CHEM, UBCV).
Abstract:
In “The Trouble with Rubrics”, Alfie Kohn writes: “Research shows three reliable effects when students are graded: They tend to think less deeply, avoid taking risks, and lose interest in the learning itself.”
Getting students to focus on learning instead of grades seems like a daunting and insurmountable task. But who can blame them? Our systems, structures, and policies are all centred around grades and the fallacies of their inherent “fairness”. In this interactive session, we will share our experiences of how we refocused students’ attention on rich, high-quality feedback instead of grades. Examples from biology, science writing, and data science will be presented. We will also discuss the challenges and opportunities of our approaches, and facilitate a discussion on how we can start working on broader structural changes to recentre higher education on learning, rather than grades.
Date: Wednesday, December 15, 2:00pm–3:30pm
Registration link: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5AsdOihrT8rEt0XybnYPy_LYaz19tXUbCnq
Note: This session will not be recorded, but we will post slides on the Skylight website following the session. |
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