I no longer grade my students' work – and I wish I had stopped sooner
A Professor of English shares her teaching technique of ungrading, and how it benefits her students.
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A Professor of English shares her teaching technique of ungrading, and how it benefits her students.
The practice of grading, and ranking, students is so widespread as to seem necessary, even though researchers say it is highly inequitable.
An experimental way of assessing students has taught me about learning and growth.
Grades don’t actually measure learning, and they can increase students’ stress and decrease their motivation. A college professor explains an alternative to grading students’ work.
In tackling the problem of science anxiety, one faculty member decided to put her students in charge of writing their own material.