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Grading attendance hurts students
Excused absence policies don't make it better
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March 2024

How I got my students to pay attention to data figures
And why I love the classroom Jigsaw
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January 2024

Using stickers, not grades, to reward student behavior
Yes, even college students like stickers!
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November 2023

I'm on Substack!
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July 2023

Conference Notes: Grading & Assessment Structures that Promote Learning
From March to June this year, I attended 4 teaching-related conferences. I learned a lot and I took copious notes! I’m curating the ideas from my…
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May 2023

Grading Policies that Hurt or Helped my Students
For the last few years in my General Biology community college courses I’ve been experimenting with various large- and small-scale grading policies. As…
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My Ungrading Mistakes
Note: This was originally written on May 10, 2023 and posted here on my personal website.
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December 2022

Promoting Community Learning in the Classroom
In my redesigned Introductory Biology course this semester, I included something new in the final course grade: Community Learning Contributions. In…
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Reflecting on 3 Unique Grading Strategies in Intro Bio
What worked and what didn't for these grading strategies: Multiple Grading Schemes, Late Work Tokens, and using a 4-point grading scale for essay exams.
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I redesigned my Intro Bio course from scratch… here’s how it went
What worked and didn't in my redesigned Intro Bio curriculum.
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August 2022

Redesigning Intro Bio Part 5: Grading
In which I explore the difference between equitable learning and equitable grading, and how I strive for both using Multiple Grading Schemes and Late…
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Redesigning Intro Bio Part 4: Perfection
Perfection is the enemy of the good. Especially true when deviating from the well-trodden path.
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