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Adventures with Grading Contracts in Operations Classes: A Preliminary Investigation

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Statewide initiatives and the COVID-19 pandemic have caused us to re-examine how we deliver and evaluate students in our courses. In this paper, we discuss our experiences using grading contracts, which are commonly used in writing programs but virtually unknown in fields like operations research. We found strong undergraduate student support for the contract and no statistically significant differences in final course grades. We urge our fellow educators to consider alternatives to the traditional grading schemes that strongly favor in-class exams in evaluating students.

Source: INFORMS Transactions on Education

DOI: 10.1287/ited.2023.0049

Authors: Stewart Liu, Theresa M. Roeder, Susan C. Cholette

Institution: San Francisco State University

Language: English

Topic: Student Assessment and Feedback

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4401994373

FWCI: 2.552

Cites: 19

Cited by: 2

Related to: 10