TPSE Math | Interview with Jeff Anderson (Foothill College) and Kate Stevenson (CSU Northridge)

Описание: We discuss alternative assessment in college math classes.

0:00:00 -Welcome
0:00:48 -A little about Foothill College

0:02:12 -Q1: What are your current grading policies?

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0:04:00 - Jeff’s students choose their own grade

0:06:01 -Q2: What is the process Jeff uses to help students learn?

0:06:32 -Jeff wants letter grades to disappear
0:07:19 -Jeff’s students write their own textbook and has creative autonomy
0:09:42 -Jeff looks for many categories of thought in student work

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0:11:45 -Check out Guershon Harel’s writing on concept images

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0:16:02 -Q3: How does Jeff give his students feedback and manage the load?

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0:18:20 -The math of 40-to-1 student-to-teacher ratios: 6.25 min per student per week
0:19:35 -Jeff teams up with students to give students more face-to-face time
0:20:35 -Let’s look at an example portfolio conference schedule

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0:21:37 -During learning conferences, Jeff works with students to get into sweet spot

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0:23:10 –How can we start to think differently about feedback

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0:25:42 -Grades degrade students’ ability to get into their sweet spot

0:28:20 -Q4: How did Jeff get to the place he is now?

0:28:56 -Phase 1: Healing and reflection
0:30:30 -Many college professors are expert mathematicians with little teacher training

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0:31:48 -Phase 2: Research and development on learning science
0:33:57 -Phase 3: Testing phase along with mistakes and iterative improvements’

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0:35:05 -Jeff began with test corrections

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0:37:48 -Phase 4: Read more about assessment, ungrading, and antiracism

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0:39:42 -Jeff seeks students voices via mid-quarter quality control surveys

0:41:36 -Q5: How can we help communities make changes?

0:42:00 -First, identify that state and national policies hurt teachers and students

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0:43:47 -Jeff believes that labor strikes and mass organization are important here

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0:44:52 -We might run book clubs to spend time together with faculty exploring these topics

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0:45:55 -Renegotiate faculty contracts to allow for direct payments to faculty

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0:51:26 -Let’s create a habit of sharing our reading lists with our students and colleagues

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0:53:45 -Let’s create community in both research mathematics and research education
0:55:06 -Twenty-first century challenge for the field of mathematics: How do we create effective research-based antiracist teaching policies for the next generation?