Do these sound familiar?
Grading is stressful and so tends to get procrastinated.
Feedback is skimpy—at best.
I have a large class and don't have a TA.
Grade inflation has got worse.
Who has the time or patience to argue with students about their grades?
The number of writing assignments has decreased ....
Employers can tell.
.... while MCQ, T/F and other grading-light formats are still heavily used.
Testing-for-recall doesn't help students become critical thinkers or learn how to learn.
Meanwhille, we see more team-projects and peer-assessment.
No prizes for guesses as to why!
There are two kinds of faculty: those with TAs and those .... !
Researchers have TAs, but tolerate other faculty gaming to reduce the burden of grading. Why?
Clearly, grading isn't serving learning ...
... faculty don't enjoy the grading, and
..... nor are we equitable in our policies.
Want to ....
see more rigor/ writing in homework assignments—expertly graded?
help faculty do more research, with the time freed up from grading?
see faculty teach more—the fun part—minus the dreaded grading?
increase class size, without burdening faculty with additional grading?
Virtual-TA helps you do all of these.
Grade Less. Teach Better.
