Thanks
Most informative
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From: "Clapp, Peter A" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
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Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:06:21 -0600
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Subject: Re: What is your grading scheme? How you mark Application Activities?
We’ve always graded application exercises – probably just in case the grade actually helps motivate some students to struggle with finding the “best” answer, rather than simply an “acceptable” answer – and the process, for me, goes a little something like this:
I choose a learning objective that requires application and discussion to truly master (not one that I would feel comfortable asking about on an iRAT) and devise a specific choice question (most often, I will admit, this involves multiple choices) that gets at the guts of the problem. In my case, this is often a question about the biochemical processes underlying the pharmacologic mechanism of a drug.
I put the question on a PowerPoint slide (i.e., a “worksheet” that doesn’t require printing or distributing) and then I create a second slide that has the question with the best answer(s) in bold, along with the percentage of partial credit each choice may be worth (e.g., ‘A’ is worth 0-33%, ‘B’ is worth 75-100%, etc.) The rubric is my own set of facilitation notes, which includes a list of likely misconceptions, supporting details, calculations… whatever “work” the students should have done to arrive at the best answer(s). If, during the discussion of the answers, a team or teams can prove that they did the work, they will get a higher percentage of the allowable credit for their choice. In fact, the discussion may result in awarding more points to a team who thought about the exercise deeply – and didn’t necessarily arrive at what I previously thought was the best answer.
At the end, I display the learning objective (which is duplicated in the students’ notes) and debrief the entire class on what we all learned through the exercise: the essential understanding that allows them to now master the learning objective.
To support the importance of the class exercise, I will ABSOLUTELY have an exam question that each student must answer individually that closely follows the application. (If you’re paying attention to your team’s discussion in class, you’ll do well on the exam’s more challenging questions.)
Attached is an example; although you’ll have to use your imagination to visualize the class discussion / debate that really drives the learning process.
Peter Clapp
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy
Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions
Regis University
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From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sibley, James Edward
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 10:02 AM
To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: What is your grading scheme? How you mark Application Activities?
Hi
I would like to follow-up on Chris's curiosity
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FOR THOSE WHO GRADE APPLICATION ACTIVITIES
1. What is your process?
2. Do you worksheets to focus student responses?
3. Do you use rubrics?
4. Do you use one rubric for all application grading…or different ones for each application
5. Can you share an example?
This is of great interest to me since none of our application activities have ever been graded
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Thanks :-)
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Director
Centre for Instructional Support
Faculty of Applied Science
University of British Columbia
2205-6250 Applied Science Lane
Vancouver, BC Canada
V6T 1Z4
Phone 604.822.9241
Fax 604.822.7006
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From: Chris Burns <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
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Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 03:46:31 +0000
To: <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Subject: Re: What is your grading scheme?
Hi all,
I'm curious about how (those who do) you grade application exercises considering that they should ideally not have a clear single best answer. At my former and current institution we agreed not to grade GAEs to encourage faculty to push the limits and develop challenging applications that may have more than one correct answer.
Thanks for your input.
Chris Burns
University of Illinois College of Medicine
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Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:50:04 -0500
From: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: What is your grading scheme?
To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Jim and Others,
My grading scheme creates 2 general categories, with sub-items in each one. The specific points vary from time to time, but the last time I taught a course, here was the breakdown, with 200 points in the whole course:
Individual Work: (100 Points)
- iRATs (best 4 out of 5) - 20 pts
- Bi-weekly journals - 30 pts
- Teaching Portfolio - 15
- Learning Portfolio - 15
- Individual Learning Project - 20
Group Work: (100 Points)
- gRATs - 45 pts
- Group Design Project - 30
- Final Group Project - 25
The total points for the Group Work were adjusted for each person in the group, by multiplying them by the Peer Evaluation score that each person received from his/her group. This Adjusted Group Component was then added to the points from the Individual Work, to create that person's Total Score for the course.
Dee Fink
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Elizabeth Oldland <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Hi Jim
TBL contributes to 20% of our overall unit (subject) score. Within this, each component is equally weighted.
So overall:
Exam 40%
Assignment 40%
TBL 20%
· iRAT 5%
· tRAT 5%
· Applications 5 %
· Peer evaluation 5%
regards
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Oldland
Lecturer
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health
Deakin University, Melbourne Burwood Campus, Australia
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Sent: Thursday, 11 October 2012 7:18 AM
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Subject: What is your grading scheme?
Hi
I was just reading
Dean Paramlee, Larry Michaelsen, Sandy Cook, Patrica Hudes
Team-Based Learning : A practical guide
They presented a grading scheme
Article's Grading Scheme
iRAT 25%
tRAT 35%
Applications 35%
Peer Evaluation 5%
This is very different than the one we use
UBC Grading Scheme
iRAT 10%
tRAT 10%
Applications NOT GRADED
Peer Evaluation 5%
The reminder individual things like papers, problem set, midterms
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What does your grading scheme look like?
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Jim Sibley
Director
Centre for Instructional Support
Faculty of Applied Science
University of British Columbia
2205-6250 Applied Science Lane
Vancouver, BC Canada
V6T 1Z4
Phone 604.822.9241
Fax 604.822.7006
Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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