Efficient Grading

Authors

  • David Shaw Departments of Chemical Engineering, Internal Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, and Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 50 S. Central Campus Drive, 3290 Merrill Engineering Building, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
  • Leonard Pease III Departments of Chemical Engineering, Internal Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, and Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 50 S. Central Campus Drive, 3290 Merrill Engineering Building, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112

Abstract

Grading can be accelerated to make time for more effective instruction. This article presents specific time management strategies selected to decrease administrative time required of faculty and teaching assistants, including a multiple answer multiple choice interface for exams, a three-tier grading system for open ended problem solving, and a frequent quiz strategy for essential content. These approaches provide more time to help struggling students, pursue research and grant writing, and seek work-life balance. 

Author Biographies

David Shaw, Departments of Chemical Engineering, Internal Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, and Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 50 S. Central Campus Drive, 3290 Merrill Engineering Building, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112

David Shaw received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 2005. He is pursuing a Ph.D. in chemical engineering at the University of Utah. He specializes in transport phenomena, and is currently completing his dissertation on small molecule delivery to the esophagus and the biophysical mechanisms of eosinophilic esophagitis. He is also a researcher for ATK Launch Systems, Inc.

Leonard Pease III, Departments of Chemical Engineering, Internal Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology, and Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 50 S. Central Campus Drive, 3290 Merrill Engineering Building, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112

Leonard Pease is a faculty member in the Departments of Chemical Engineering, Internal Medicine (Division of Gastroenterology), and Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of Utah. He completed his B.S. in chemical engineering from Brigham Young University in 2000 and his Ph.D. in chemical and materials engineering from Princeton. His primary research areas are advanced biomedical technologies, biofuels, and vaccine characterization.

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Published

2014-08-01

Issue

Vol. 48 No. 3 (2014): Summer 2014

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