82 - The Impact of Retakes - MORE results are in! Also, get ready for the 2025 Grading Conference!

We're finally seeing some results from all the work that this community has been putting in! In this episode, Sharona and Bosley dive in to newly published research about the impact of "second-chance quizzes" on students' perceptions of self-determination. We also dive in to the impact of retakes on student success in Precalculus.

Additionally, registration, volunteer opportunities, and abstract submissions are all available for the 2025 Grading Conference!

Links

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• Undergraduate STEM Students’Perceptions of Grading Practices Revealthat Quiz Retakes Positively ImpactDrivers of Self-determination by Tripp, B. et al
• Not All Limits are the Same from the Grading for Growth Blog
• Episode 41 - Second Chance Grading: How Small, Gentle Approach to Changing Grading Led to Research Into Alt Grading
• Episode 9 - Reassessment Carnivals: An Interview with Kate Owens
• Episode 70 - A Reassessments Deep Dive with Beck Peppler
• Intentional Academia by Robert Talbert
• Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen

Resources

The Center for Grading Reform - seeking to advance education in the United States by supporting effective grading reform at all levels through conferences, educational workshops, professional development, research and scholarship, influencing public policy, and community building.

The Grading Conference - an annual, online conference exploring Alternative Grading in Higher Education & K-12.

Some great resources to educate yourself about Alternative Grading:

• The Grading for Growth Blog
• The Grading Conference
• The Intentional Academia Blog

Recommended Books on Alternative Grading:

• Grading for Growth, by Robert Talbert and David Clark
• Specifications Grading, by Linda Nilsen
• Undoing the Grade, by Jesse Stommel

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