Grading Methods That Support Student Engagement

Grades are usually a point of friction, not connection, between us and our students. How can we turn this around? Can we use grades to help engage the students with what really matters to us? Can collaborative learning be graded? What about deadlines and second chances? This workshop is a chance to exchange ideas. Everyone is asked to contribute. My short introduction will be based on work in the STEM project and with the Assessment Advisory Group, and on research for 2012-2013 workshops at FSU and MassBay Community College