Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons™
Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 6 of 6
Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Making The Grade: Increasing Inclusivitiy Through Equitable Evaluation Practices, Gayle Mallinger, Simon Funge, Paige Cato
Making The Grade: Increasing Inclusivitiy Through Equitable Evaluation Practices, Gayle Mallinger, Simon Funge, Paige Cato
Faculty/Staff Personal Papers
Grades are an essential university currency, used to determine:
- Scholarships
- Retention
- Graduate school admission
Educators are rarely encouraged to examine their own grading policies.
Making The Grade: Increasing Inclusivity Through Equitable Evaluation Practices: Poster, Patricia Desrosiers, Gayle Mallinger
Making The Grade: Increasing Inclusivity Through Equitable Evaluation Practices: Poster, Patricia Desrosiers, Gayle Mallinger
Faculty/Staff Personal Papers
Grades are an essential university currency, used to determine:
- Scholarships
- Retention
- Graduate school admission
Educators are rarely encouraged to examine their own grading policies.
Traditional grading practices have perpetuated achievement gaps – particularly for our historically underrepresented students
- Learning (competence) takes time – our grading practices should recognize this
- Students should have a clear understanding of the knowledge, skills, values, and/or cognitive/affective processes they are expected to will demonstrate upon completing a lesson/unit/course activities
- Essential to support and promote students’ ownership and investment in their learning – equitable grading practices
Higher Edquity: Developing The Dei Community Of Practice And One Wku Inclusive Teaching Academy, Fabian Alvarez, Marko Dumančić, Kimberly Green, Michelle Green, Gayle Mallinger
Higher Edquity: Developing The Dei Community Of Practice And One Wku Inclusive Teaching Academy, Fabian Alvarez, Marko Dumančić, Kimberly Green, Michelle Green, Gayle Mallinger
Faculty/Staff Personal Papers
Community of Practice Goals:
- Connect faculty members from multiple disciplines;
- Stimulate learning via communication, mentoring, and self-reflection;
- Compile and disseminate existing knowledge to promote best practices;
- Organize purposeful actions with measurable results.
Curriculum & Global Citizenship: Pedagogical Approaches To Civic & Information Literacy, Molly Kerby, Gayle Mallinger
Curriculum & Global Citizenship: Pedagogical Approaches To Civic & Information Literacy, Molly Kerby, Gayle Mallinger
Faculty/Staff Personal Papers
Overview of Presentation:
- Overview of Information & Civic Literacy
- Strategies for Increasing Student Competence in Information & Civic Literacy
- Efficacy of Various Strategies
Learning By Doing: Deliberative Dialogue As An Interdisciplinary Tool For Civic Literacy, Leah Ashwill, Molly Kerby, Gayle Mallinger
Learning By Doing: Deliberative Dialogue As An Interdisciplinary Tool For Civic Literacy, Leah Ashwill, Molly Kerby, Gayle Mallinger
Faculty/Staff Personal Papers
Overview:
- Basic concepts of deliberative dialogue as an interdisciplinary tool.
- Deliberative dialogue as an instrument for civil discourse.
- The efficacy of deliberative dialogue on civic literacy.
Topscholar™ And Selectedworks™: Forging New Paths Of Information Access And Research, Connie Foster
Topscholar™ And Selectedworks™: Forging New Paths Of Information Access And Research, Connie Foster
Faculty/Staff Personal Papers
Presentation made before the WKU Academic Deans regarding the use of TopSCHOLAR and SelectedWorks in promoting scholarly publication among faculty.