Undergraduate Student
Hendrix College
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Lana McCorkle is an undergraduate student at Hendrix College majoring Biology. Lana's work focuses on comparing grading approaches in introductory biology, including traditional exams, mixed assessments with reflection, and an equity-based approach following Joe Feldman’s Grading for Equity model. The equity-based method emphasized accuracy, bias-resistance, and motivation by minimizing participation grades, allowing content assessments to be retaken, and using a mastery-based grading scale.
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P6 - Incorporating "Grading for Equity" Approaches into the Introductory Biology Classroom
Friday, November 8, 2024
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
