28 years of teaching, but new to this discussion ... have to say that the first step in people "clarify[ing] their terms" should probably start with dropping the term "ungrading".
It does not covey better, more refined feedback and evaluation ... It sounds like uncritical, unthinking, unintelligent etc.
Thanks as always Emily. Yeah, while I appreciate this Hechinger Report whitepaper and the opportunity for the signal-boost via NPR, the fact is that unfortunately HR got very confused in its report and NPR more or less just paraphrased it. The worst thing was that both venues kept hammering the idea that "ungrading" means "there are no grades on anything whatsoever" including the course itself. I don't think the writers really stopped to clarify their terms, and that's really unfortunate because now everyone is talking past each other.
Thanks! I remember reading your excellent media guide. I think it will be increasingly important for us to get our terms clear as alternative grading practices gain momentum and begin to catch more eyes in and outside the education world.
28 years of teaching, but new to this discussion ... have to say that the first step in people "clarify[ing] their terms" should probably start with dropping the term "ungrading".
It does not covey better, more refined feedback and evaluation ... It sounds like uncritical, unthinking, unintelligent etc.
Thanks as always Emily. Yeah, while I appreciate this Hechinger Report whitepaper and the opportunity for the signal-boost via NPR, the fact is that unfortunately HR got very confused in its report and NPR more or less just paraphrased it. The worst thing was that both venues kept hammering the idea that "ungrading" means "there are no grades on anything whatsoever" including the course itself. I don't think the writers really stopped to clarify their terms, and that's really unfortunate because now everyone is talking past each other.
All this is why I wrote this post back in May: https://gradingforgrowth.com/p/a-media-guide-to-ungrading
Thanks! I remember reading your excellent media guide. I think it will be increasingly important for us to get our terms clear as alternative grading practices gain momentum and begin to catch more eyes in and outside the education world.