Make your Grading Policy more Equitable with Multiple Grading Schemes!
Channel: YouTooBio
Date: 2022-02-08

When you use multiple grading schemes, each student is graded according to multiple grading policies, and they receive the highest score. This way, a student who scores high on assessments but low on "effort" can receive a high course grade, while a student who scores low on assessments but high on effort is still rewarded for their effort. 

0:00 Introduction
0:15 The Problem
3:20 The Solution: Multiple Grading Schemes
4:13 Pro-Tips for implementing Multiple Grading Schemes
5:41 Closing Thoughts

WHAT IF Grade Calculator: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nHWYPuvWXNCsxgL3eE69dE2IaWKfO6RgsYeyOqEW6wQ/edit#gid=0

Multiple Grading Schemes were originally published in this paper:
E. G. Bailey, J. Jensen, J. Nelson, H. K. Wiberg, J. D. Bell, Weekly Formative Exams and Creative Grading Enhance Student Learning in an Introductory Biology Course. LSE 16, ar2 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.16-02-0104

This video is copyright Jayme Dyer 2022, published under the Creative Commons CC-BY SA 4.0 license. 

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