85 - Instructor Beliefs and Their Role in the Classroom - with Dr. Patrick Morriss

In this week's episode we welcome Dr. Patrick Morriss back to the pod to discuss how instructor beliefs, about our students, our subject areas, ourselves, impact our classrooms and drive the educational outcomes of our students.

Links

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• https://checkit.clontz.org/
• Episode 78 – Looking more at Proficiency Scales – Doing “Bee” Work: An Interview with Patrick Morriss
• The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein
• Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership, by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
• Poverty, by America, by Matthew Desmond
• Rehumanizing Mathematics for Black, Indigenous, and Latinx Students, by Rochelle Gutierrez
• Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching, by Elena Aguilar
• Visible Learning: The Sequel: A Synthesis of Over 2,100 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement, by John Hattie
• Mathfest, by the MAA

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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Music

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