Ungrading — De-emphasizing Ratings, Rankings, and Scores and Increasing a Mastery Goal Orientation

In this epidose, Dr. Jeanne Frenzel shares with us her experience with and insights about ungrading - a process to de-emphasize grades, scores, ratings, and rankings while increasing student motivation toward mastery.  It's human nature to compare ourselves to others, but the most important comparison is to our past performance and achieving our personal best. Special Guest: Jeanne Frenzel, PharmD, PhD, BCSCP, Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, North Dakota State University School of Pharmacy Get the Transcript!  Pharmacy Fika - Epidose 9 - Ungrading Introductions and Fika Sharing from 0:00 to 4:25 Our Conversation about Ungrading starts at 4:25 ______________________________ Resources Blum SD (ed).  UNgrading.  Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do About Instead).  Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Press, 2020. Kohn A.  Punished by Rewards.  The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes.  25th Anniversary Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2018. Miller M.  Ungrading light.  4 simple ways to ease the spotlight off points.  The Chronicles of Higher Education, August 2, 2022. Supiano B.  Equity in the classroom. The unintended consequences of upgrading. The Chronicles of Higher Education, April 29, 2022. Cain J.  What happened when I stopped assigning points to learning activities?  Pulses by Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, August 3, 2022. Cain J, Medina M, Romanelli F, Persky A. Deficiencies of Traditional Grading Systems and Recommendations for the Future.  Am J Pharm Educ Publication Ahead of Print, Article 8850. _______________________ Not sure what fika is all about?  Watch this brief video:  How a Swedish coffee break can boost your wellbeing and performance. Follow us on Twitter @PharmacyFika Got a great idea for a discussion topic?  Drop us a line ([email protected]) or leave us a voice message: https://www.speakpipe.com/PharmacyFika