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Book Cover for: Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead), Susan D. Blum

Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead)

Susan D. Blum

The moment is right for critical reflection on what has been assumed to be a core part of schooling. In Ungrading, fifteen educators write about their diverse experiences going gradeless. Based on rigorous and replicated research, this is the first book to show why and how faculty who wish to focus on learning, rather than sorting or judging, might proceed. It includes honest reflection on what makes ungrading challenging, and testimonials about what makes it transformative.

Book Details

  • Publisher: West Virginia University Press
  • Publish Date: Dec 1st, 2020
  • Pages: 274
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.43in - 5.43in - 0.71in - 0.85lb
  • EAN: 9781949199826
  • Categories: Schools - Levels - HigherInclusive EducationTeaching - General

About the Author

Susan D. Blum is professor of anthropology at the University of Notre Dame. Her work on education builds on her academic specialties of linguistic, psychological, cultural, and educational anthropology. She is the author of My Word! Plagiarism and College Culture and "I Love Learning; I Hate School" An Anthropology of College, among other works.

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Praise for this book

"I love this book. It undermines the mythology around grading, helping us understand that (a) grading is a construction, and a relatively recent one at that, and (b) we'd be better off without it--as would our students."
Paul Hanstedt, author of Creating Wicked Students: Designing Courses for a Complex World
"Nuanced and well balanced."
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