The Story of Grades with Luke Green
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Luke Green discusses the implications of grades and the concept of ungrading in education.
Luke Green uses the Santa Claus story to rethink what grades measure and the case for ungrading on episode 629 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode tag (full size, Center alignment) and any plain-text quotes, each followed by -Luke Green on its own line --> Each student at some point throughout their academic career is going to receive a grade, receive some sort of an assessment that is going to fundamentally alter how they feel about the classroom. -Luke Green The narrative that we sell to our kids is that these gifts are earned. The metric is, those who are good children or better children, you receive more. -Luke Green What are grades, and what purpose do we want them to serve? -Luke Green Usually, it’s a proxy of understanding a student’s overall experience. And GPA is even worse, because you’re putting all of your course grades into a meat grinder and spitting out one number. -Luke Green Resources Luke Green, St. Cloud Technical & Community College Luke Green Recognized at MinnState Board Awards Grading for Growth, by David Clark and Robert Talbert Unmaking the Grade, by Emily Pitts Donahoe Learning About Grades from an Emerging…
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