Jesse Stommel shares about how to ungrade on episode 217 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

The worst rubrics don’t create space for surprise or discovery. —Jesse Stommel

Asking [students] to evaluate themselves ends up being a really important learning experience. —Jesse Stommel

Something as complicated as learning can’t be reduced to … rows in a spreadsheet. —Jesse Stommel

Just taking the grade off the table doesn’t do the harder work of demystifying that culture we’ve created in education. —Jesse Stommel

Resources Mentioned

Digital Pedagogy Lab Why I Don’t Grade, by Jesse Stommel How to Ungrade, by Jesse Stommel The New Education, by Cathy Davidson* Cathy Davidson on Teaching in Higher Ed, Episode #169 Peter Elbow Peter Elbow’s Website and Blog Bryan Dewsbury on Teaching in Higher Ed, Episode #215 Parrish Waters at UMW Blue Pulse