You are invited to participate in CETL’s teaching talk “Specifications Grading: Maximizing Student Learning and Motivation While Saving Faculty Time” on Monday, December 5, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in ROWE 319. This is one of a series of informal discussions aimed at sharing teaching ideas and concerns and discussing techniques and strategies with colleagues, experts, and CETL staff. At this session, participants will discuss
- What specifications-based grading is
- How specifications-based grading holds students to a higher standard and ties assessments and grades to student learning outcomes
- How specifications-based grading can save faculty time by removing the focus on justifying partial credit
- How to convert a current course to one that utilizes specifications-based grading
Resources from a course designed using specifications-based grading will be shared with participants.
All UConn instructors—graduate students, TAs, and APIRs, as well as adjunct, tenure-track and tenured faculty—are encouraged to attend.
Please email Stacey Valliere at CETL@uconn.edu (860-486-2686) to register, and contact Suzanne LaFleur if you have questions or would like more information.
For more information, contact: The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at CETL@uconn.edu