The Grading Podcast 35 - An Interview with Dr. Joshua Bowman: Alternative Grading for over a decade, the Importance of Blog Posts
In this week's episode, Sharona and Bosley sit down with Dr. Joshua Bowman, mathematics professor at Pepperdine in California. Join us as we explore how the seeds sown through a blog over ten years old has had lasting impact on faculty and students, as well as our entire grading reform community.
Links
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- Blog posts about Alternative Grading from Joshua Bowman:
- The audience for our grades, June 2022
- My One Goal for Teaching Next Year, July 2014
- A Reflection on Course Structure, and Standards for Calculus, August 2014
- Other Blog Posts on Alternative Grading:
- 1 Standard Per Day, Andy Rundquist, July 2014
- Computational Data Science Capstone Class, Andy Rundquist, January 2023
Other interesting links that have inspired thinking about our courses:
- The Tyranny of the Curriculum, TEDx talk by Shawn Cornally
- Assessment Idea for Calculus 1: Near Final Draft, blog post by Bret Benesh, August 2014
Resources
The Grading Conference - an annual, online conference exploring Alternative Grading in Higher Education & K-12.
Some great resources to educate yourself about Alternative Grading:
Recommended Books on Alternative Grading (Please note - any books linked here are likely Amazon Associates links. Purchasing through them helps support the show. Thanks for your support!):
- Grading for Growth, by Robert Talbert and David Clark
- Specifications Grading, by Linda Nilsen
- Undoing the Grade, by Jesse Stommel
- Grading for Equity, by Joe Feldman
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