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Author Archives: smalec
First steps in standards-based grading
I’ve written before about my experience teaching my graduate course this semester, but I haven’t talked about one big experiment I tried: working towards standards-based grading. I started hearing about different implementations of this over the last year or so, … Continue reading
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Graduation (1 of n)
The year flew by, and my first commencement as a faculty member is over. We sat in the hot sun in our hotter robes as the Hood College Class of 2016 paraded across the stage. I hadn’t taught many Seniors … Continue reading
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Advising the advisors
Our students have now registered for their fall classes, which means I got my first taste of academic advising. I only have two advisees at the moment, but there will be a lot more where they came from. All of … Continue reading