Specifications Grading: A Resilient Approach to Course Design
Location
Zoom Room 2
Start Date
25-3-2021 2:10 PM
End Date
25-3-2021 2:30 PM
Type of Presentation
Scholarly Work Presentation (15 minutes)
Proposal for Presentation
Tom Tobin, in his essay Student Agency in Uncertain Times suggested four principles for promoting student resilience: lowering time pressure, due-date pressure, grade anxiety, and communication anxiety. Specifications grading (Nilson, 2015) fits these principles and is a form of course design that attaches student grades to mastery of learning outcomes; students receive clear specifications for assignments which must be met in order to receive credit toward a grade. Students are given feedback and opportunities to redo work that does not meet specifications. I will report on my adoption of specifications grading during the pandemic to build a resilient course.
Nilson, L. B. (2015). Specifications grading: Restoring rigor, motivating students, and saving faculty time. Stylus Publishing.
Tobin, T. (2020, March 25). Student agency in uncertain times. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/university-venus/student-agency-uncertain-times
Specifications Grading: A Resilient Approach to Course Design
Zoom Room 2
Tom Tobin, in his essay Student Agency in Uncertain Times suggested four principles for promoting student resilience: lowering time pressure, due-date pressure, grade anxiety, and communication anxiety. Specifications grading (Nilson, 2015) fits these principles and is a form of course design that attaches student grades to mastery of learning outcomes; students receive clear specifications for assignments which must be met in order to receive credit toward a grade. Students are given feedback and opportunities to redo work that does not meet specifications. I will report on my adoption of specifications grading during the pandemic to build a resilient course.
Nilson, L. B. (2015). Specifications grading: Restoring rigor, motivating students, and saving faculty time. Stylus Publishing.
Tobin, T. (2020, March 25). Student agency in uncertain times. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/university-venus/student-agency-uncertain-times