Grading for Growth: A Guide to Alternative Grading Practices That Promote Authentic Learning and Student Engagement in Higher Education (Hardcover)

Case Study List

Foreword: Linda Nilson

Acknowledgments

Part 1: What is Alternative Grading?

1: What this book is about

2: Why do we grade?

3: A framework for alternative grading

4: Does alternative grading work?

Part 2: What Alternative Grading Can Look Like

5: Standards-Based Grading

6: Specifications Grading

7: Hybrid systems

8: Large classes

9: Lab classes

10: Partial conversions

Part 3: Making Alternative Grading Work for You

11: A workbook for alternative grading

12: How to do it

13: What's next?

Appendix: Frequently asked questions

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