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Alternative grading in large classes: What we know, and what we don’t know
Here’s a situation I have seen almost every time I talk about alternative grading: I state the research and the anecdotes about why alternative grading is better for students and instructors, show how I use it in my own courses, and enjoin...
Talking Is Also Thinking
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Today’s guest post is written by Zia Hassan, a PhD student at Johns Hopkins University studying personal knowledge management, motivation, and AI-related methodologies. He has spent three years...
How I’m handling late work in Fall 2026
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This semester, I’m teaching two classes. One, “Communicating in Mathematics”, is an old favorite that I’ve taught at least a dozen times. The other, “Modern Algebra 1”, is an upper-level class that is bra...
Learning to Get Back Up: Rethinking Assessment in Introductory Physics
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Gavin Hester is an assistant professor of physics in the Faculty of Mathematics and Science at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario. Originally from the United States, he earned his PhD in ph...
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Math professor, writer, bass guitarist, dad, Catholic. I write about alternative grading at gradingforgrowth.com and about working purposefully in academia at intentionalacademia.com. Main website: rtalbert.org
Associate professor of math at Grand Valley State University. Hiker, backpacker, and the least-winning boardgamer you've ever met.
Gavin Hester is an assistant professor of physics at Brock University. He studies quantum magnetic materials and uses alternative grading to bring the try-fail-iterate cycle of research into the classroom. Contact: [email protected].
Visit my website at cerba.github.io for more information.
Kristin Stephens-Martinez is the Lyle Family Associate Professor of the Practice of Computer Science at Duke University. Her computing education research focuses on student help-seeking and effective AI use in learning. She hosts The CS-Ed Podcast.
Tai Munro is an Assistant Professor of Sustainability Studies at MacEwan University, Alberta, Canada.
Math professor in Virginia
I’m thrilled to be away from university employment but just as happy to semiretired doing what I want to do, like writing books and giving workshops and webinars.
Natalie M. Schneider is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Purdue University in the Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Department for Mitch Daniels School of Business. In her free time, she competes with her miniature schnauzer in agility!
Hilary Freeman is a non-tenure track instructor with over 20 years of experience teaching and coordinating first and second year mathematics courses at Colorado State University.
Mathematician at the College of Charleston; Mom of three kids; works very hard to be extremely average at running.
Zia Hassan is a doctoral student at Johns Hopkins University studying AI, creativity, and education, and a professionally certified coach (ICF PCC) working at the intersection of coaching, pedagogy, and human motivation.
Ph.D. Candidate in Mathematics at the University of Pittsburgh
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