Grading's Dual Roles: Facilitation and Evaluation

Grading's Dual Roles: Facilitation and Evaluation

Dr. Craig Nelson, Indiana University

How can we better prepare students to do well on our assignments and exams--and to best benefit from them in terms of their own intellectual development? How can we maximize the effectiveness of students’ writing and thinking while dedicating our own limited time most strategically? In this workshop, we will examine the philosophy and technique of grading in light of this goal: fostering more substantial and meaningful achievement among students while fine-tuning our expenditure of time and effort as teachers.

Craig Nelson is Professor Emeritus of Biology at Indiana University and a nationally recognized expert in teaching and learning. Dr. Nelson's scholarship on teaching has been recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and he served as the first President of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

Register for Dr. Nelson's morning workshop--Why They Don't Get It:

http://cotworkshop-whytheydontgetit.eventbrite.com

Questions about these workshops? Contact Aaron Hollander, Craft of Teaching Program Coordinator, at athollander@uchicago.edu.