This essay outlines the experience of introducing a labour-based grading contract in a section of the University of Victoria’s standard introduction to academic reading and writing that was only open to students who self-identified as Indigenous. Labour-based grading contracts offer an alternative approach to conventional grading, in which a student’s grade is determined by the amount of labour that the student does over the semester. By emphasizing labour and learning, this approach to grading works towards decentering normalized whiteness in academic writing pedagogy. In this essay, I describe our labour-based contract, I explain how our class negotiated the contract, and I share some reflections on what went well and what I would do diff...
During this session, Dr. Marc Santos will introduce you to foundational principles, strategies, and ...
This paper suggests that when a course is planned within one culture for delivery to members of anot...
Throughout a student’s academic career a strong emphasis is placed on grades. Because of this studen...
The scholarship on contract grading has focused on the impacts in first-year writing, but little wor...
Grading contracts value labor and make it a central or sole determinant of grades. However, the labo...
This descriptive, exploratory study’s purpose is to determine the effects of labor-based grading con...
The efficacy of traditional letter or numerical grading for composition classes has been questioned ...
Regular grading is a problem for many reasons--but most of all because it so often harms the climate...
The subjectivity of assessing writing has long been an issue for instructors, who carefully craft ru...
Contract grading has achieved some prominence in our field as a practice associated with critical pe...
Grading writing, or judging language, can be difficult. Asao B. Inoue's Labor-Based Grading Contract...
This article builds from the author’s previously published article, “Contract Grading in a Technical...
Despite best attempts, grading can be very subjective when it comes to determining quality. For cert...
Through a series of narratives, this article highlights the experiences of six faculty who have inco...
Includes bibliographical references.Intervenes in labor-based grading practice by expanding the scop...
During this session, Dr. Marc Santos will introduce you to foundational principles, strategies, and ...
This paper suggests that when a course is planned within one culture for delivery to members of anot...
Throughout a student’s academic career a strong emphasis is placed on grades. Because of this studen...
The scholarship on contract grading has focused on the impacts in first-year writing, but little wor...
Grading contracts value labor and make it a central or sole determinant of grades. However, the labo...
This descriptive, exploratory study’s purpose is to determine the effects of labor-based grading con...
The efficacy of traditional letter or numerical grading for composition classes has been questioned ...
Regular grading is a problem for many reasons--but most of all because it so often harms the climate...
The subjectivity of assessing writing has long been an issue for instructors, who carefully craft ru...
Contract grading has achieved some prominence in our field as a practice associated with critical pe...
Grading writing, or judging language, can be difficult. Asao B. Inoue's Labor-Based Grading Contract...
This article builds from the author’s previously published article, “Contract Grading in a Technical...
Despite best attempts, grading can be very subjective when it comes to determining quality. For cert...
Through a series of narratives, this article highlights the experiences of six faculty who have inco...
Includes bibliographical references.Intervenes in labor-based grading practice by expanding the scop...
During this session, Dr. Marc Santos will introduce you to foundational principles, strategies, and ...
This paper suggests that when a course is planned within one culture for delivery to members of anot...
Throughout a student’s academic career a strong emphasis is placed on grades. Because of this studen...