Survey: CC Faculty & Ungrading, Participants Needed for Dissertation Research

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Are you an ungrader?

Do you use alternative assessments beyond traditional letter grades?

Currently seeking full-time community college faculty who teach writing intensive courses to participate in 3, 1-hr interviews about their past and current teaching/assessment practices.

Ungrading techniques include:

Feedback-only assessment 

Specifications grading

Peer- or self-assessment

Labor-based assessment 

Project or Service Learning

Performance-based assessment

Interested in participating? Go to: https://tinyurl.com/participant-screen

About the study: 

This is a voluntary research study relating to pedagogical attitudes of community college faculty and their experiences with ungrading practices.

This 3-week study involves a series of 3, 60-90 minute interviews and a submission of a pedagogical development (critical incidences) timeline.

The benefits include reflection of teaching praxis; the risks may include recollection of teaching and learning experiences characterized by the participant as negatively charged in nature.

Participants are compensated after the 3rd interview with a $25 gift card 

For more information, contact:

Catherine Brown Petersen

Northern Illinois University

Department of Higher Education and Counseling

Cbpet...@niu.edu

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