[ATTW-L] Labor based grading contracts in editing course

[Joseph Robertshaw]

Hi Hannah,

I have an idea or two for you to consider.

In the Editing course I taught in Spring 2020, I turned my exams into
several quizzes and released them over several weeks. Upon Joy Robinson's
suggestion, I also made them available for multiple attempts. This allowed
students to strive for mastery by retaking the quizzes and then the score
in the end does reflect their labor investment. Alternatively I considered
scrapping the exam in favor of more process documentation (progress
reports, proposals, reflections). Ultimately I combined these approaches
and used half of the exam to create quizzes while increasing the number of
process documents for me to offer feedback on. Converting the quizzes to
Canvas was highly problematic but I think it was worth the initial
investment of effort.

I hope this helps you think about your course in a new way.

Joseph W. Robertshaw



On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 2:34 PM Bellwoar, Hannah (BELLWOAR) <
BELLWOAR at juniata.edu> wrote:

> Hi all,
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> I decided to make the move to labor based grading in all of my classes in
> the fall. However, I am teaching Professional Editing, and I typically give
> a mid-term exam in that course. I cannot wrap my head around how to grade
> an exam based on labor rather than correctness. Any suggestions or ideas
> for me?
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> Thanks, Hannah
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> Hannah Bellwoar, PhD
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> Director of Writing
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> Associate Professor of English
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> Juniata College
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