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Weekly meetings on Thursdays from 2-3:30\u00a0p.m. :\u00a0May 13, 20, 27, & June 3<\/p>\n
In her 2014 book,\u00a0Specifications Grading<\/i>, Linda\u00a0Nilson<\/span> proposed a new system for grading student work. Specifications or \u201cspecs\u201d grading involves allowing students to choose a bundle of assignments to earn a course grade. Join a cohort of colleagues in this 4-week course of self-guided planning tasks and interactive synchronous sessions as we work through a step-by-step process designed to explore the three primary components of assessment in specifications grading: use of satisfactory\/unsatisfactory grading of all assignments and tests; a token system that lets students “buy” limited flexibility in course assignments; and “bundles” of assessments associated with sets of learning outcomes and final letter grades.<\/p>\n By the end of the course, participants will be able adapt one or more of their courses using a specs grading format, including turning assignment directions into specs, bundling assessments and creating a tiered grading system, developing a token system, and revising your syllabus accordingly. Participants can anticipate 6-8 hours of investment per week.\u00a0 Register Here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" May 10 \u2013 June 3, 2021 Weekly meetings on Thursdays from 2-3:30\u00a0p.m. :\u00a0May 13, 20, 27, & June 3 In her 2014 book,\u00a0Specifications Grading, Linda\u00a0Nilson proposed a new system for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1868,"template":"","event-categories":[],"class_list":["post-1857","furman-event","type-furman-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"predefined_location":"","location_name":"","location_street_address":"","location_address_locality":"","location_address_region":"","location_postal_code":"","link_text":"","link_css":"","event_start_date":"2021-05-10","event_end_date":"2021-05-10","event_all_day":"","event_start_time":"14:00","event_end_time":"14:00","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/1857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/furman-event"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/1857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"furman-event-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-categories?post=1857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}