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Grading to Promote Learning Success: Selected ResourcesGrading and Testing, Teaching & Learning Tips, Online resources, Center for Teaching Excellence, Duquesne University. Topics include:Help Students to Learn from Returned TestsStudent Self-AssessmentGrading Smarter, Not Harder: Making and Using a RubricEfficiently Grading Student WritingFinal Exam Review IdeasStrengths and Dangers of Essay Questions for ExamsMultiple Choice Exam ConstructionPreparing for FinalsRubrics to Promote and Assess Student LearningClassroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) and Classroom Response Systems (“Clickers”), Teaching Guides available from Vanderbilt Center for TeachingFor clickers at Duquesne, see Media Services, “audience response systems.”BlackBoard Tools: Duquesne’s Educational Technology office supports the use of grading tools within Blackboard. These can save faculty a lot of time.BooksAngelo, T. A., & Cross, K. P. (1993). Classroom assessment techniques: A handbook for college teachers (2nd Ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Practical compendium of techniques for diagnosing learning.Brown, P.C., Roediger III, H.L., & McDaniel, M.A. (2014). Make it stick: The science of successful learning. Cambridge, MA: Belknap of Harvard UP. Importance of making mistakes and effort in learning. Need for frequent (self) testing – to find out gaps in learning and to practice retrieving what you have learned to consolidate memory.Doyle, T., & Zakrajsek, T. (2013). The new science of learning: How to learn in harmony with your brain. Sterling, VA: Stylus. Written for learners and teachers. Practical, evidence-based approaches to deep learning that lasts.Walvoord, B. E., & Anderson, V. J. (2010). Effective grading: A tool for learning and assessment (2nd. Ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. This book provides practical tips and tools for both grading at the course level and examining learning across the curriculum of an academic program. There is a lengthy discussion and many examples of rubrics. Also, chapters 6 & 7 are excellent on managing one’s time and grading efficiently so that students truly learn. ................
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