Specifications grading : restoring rigor, motivating students, and saving faculty time / Linda B. Nilson ; foreword by Claudia J. Stanny.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nilson, Linda Burzotta, author.

Contributor:

Stanny, Claudia J., writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Standards--United States.

Education, Higher.

Grading and marking (Students)--United States.

Grading and marking (Students).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Sterling, Virginia : Stylus, 2015.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

SPECIFICATIONS GRADING Restoring Rigor, Motivating Students, and Saving Faculty Time; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 THE NEED FOR A NEW GRADING SYSTEM; 2 LEARNING OUTCOMES AND COURSE DESIGN; 3 LINKING GRADES TO OUTCOMES; 4 PASS/FAIL GRADING FOR RIGOR, MOTIVATION, AND FACULTY PEACE OF MIND; 5 ESSENTIALS OF S PECIFICATIONS GRADING; 6 CONVERTING S PECS-GRADED STUDENT WORK INTO FINAL LETTER GRADES; 7 EXAMPLES OF SPECS-GRADED COURSE DESIGNS; 8 THE MOTIVATIONAL POWER OF SPECS GRADING; 9 DEVELOPING A COURSE WITH SPECS GRADING; 10 AN EVALUATION OF SPECS GRADING

REFERENCESABOUT THE AUTHOR; INDEX; Also by Linda B. Nilson

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781003447061

1003447066

9781000975048

1000975045

9781620362433

1620362430

OCLC:

940501604