Teaching More By Grading Less: Creating Meaningful Assessments That Align With Learning Objectives

Description  ChallengesInstructors and course designers often find themselves assigning students large loads of assessment work, in the belief that learner skills need to be weighed and demonstrated by numerical measurements of mastery at every step of the learning process. This thinking leads to test fatigue for learners and grading fatigue for instructors.“Why Are Students So Focused on Grades?” provides a way to design assessments and activities to provide learners with greater engagement, more in-depth application of course concepts, and meaningful ways to demonstrate course learning outcomes—all while reducing the grading workload for instructors.Key TakeawayLearn how to apply alternative ways of assessing student work and giving feedback to lower anxiety, remove barriers to learning, reduce cheating, and motivate more students to learn.OverviewWhen was the last time you confronted a student about cheating, only to hear that he or she “just had to get a good grade” to p