Two Years of Ungrading
Let’s talk about ungrading. I’m 4 semesters into trying it out, so what have I done and what have I learned? The first two times I taught my Math and Redistricting course, I had a loosely traditional grading system, with different categories of assignments being worth a certain percentage of the final grade (there were never quizzes or exams). But really, this class was not about grades at all. The whole point and motivation for creating the class in the first place was to spark interest and promote true learning through an authentic interdisciplinary context. So after reading more and more people on Twitter talking about ungrading, this seemed like a natural fit for this particular course. Fall 2021 – Math and Redistricting First, I did not change the content or assignment structure of the course in any significant way other than adding more opportunities for reflection. To facilitate feedback, I moved everything to Microsoft Teams instead of Moodle which added an optio