Spring 2024 Reading Group: Grading for Growth

In this reading group, SUNY-Oswego faculty and staff will join our colleagues from SUNY Plattsburgh over Zoom to discuss Robert Talbert and David Clark's (2023). Grading for Growth: A Guide to Alernative Grading Practices THat Promote Authentic Learning and Student Engagement in Higher Education, Routledge. Each set of readings will be discussed at 3 different time slots of accomodate diverse schedules. 

The Zoom url is: https://oswego-edu.zoom.us/j/7268304117?pwd=dThKWFo5N1MxeUJoVnAxMXFoeGlUdz09

The meeting schedule will be:

Week #1

• Foreword

• Chapter One: “What is This Book About?”

• Chapter Two: “Why Do We Grade?”

  
  

Meeting times

1. Tuesday, February 6, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
2. Wednesday, February 7, 1-2 p.m.
3. Thursday, February 8, 4-5 p.m.

Week #2

• Chapter Three: "A Framework for Alternative Grading"
• Chapter Four: "Does Alternative Grading Work"

Meeting times

1. Tuesday, February 20, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
2. Wednesday, February 21, 1-2 p.m.
3. Thursday, February 22, 4-5 p.m.

Week #3

• Chapter Five: "Standards-Based Grading"
• Chapter Six: "Specifications Grading"
• Chapter Seven: "Hybrid Systems"

Meeting times

1. Tuesday, March 5, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
2. Wednesday, March 6, 1-2 p.m.
3. Thursday, March 7, 4-5 p.m.

Week #4

• Chapter Eight: "Large Classes"
• Chapter Nine: "Lab Classes"
• Chapter Ten: "Partial Conversions" 

Meeting times

1. Tuesday, March 26, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
2. Wednesday, March 27, 1-2 p.m.
3. Thursday, March 28, 4-5 p.m.

Week #5

• Chapter Eleven: "A Workbook for Alternative Grading"
• Chapter Twelve: "How to Do It"
• Chapter Thirteen: "What's Next?"
• Appendix: "Frequently Ased Questions" 

Meeting times

1. Tuesday, April 9, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
2. Wednesday, April 10, 1-2 p.m.
3. Thursday, April 11, 4-5 p.m.