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Adventures with Grading Contracts in Operations Classes: A Preliminary Investigation

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Title: Adventures with Grading Contracts in Operations Classes: A Preliminary Investigation
Authors: Stewart Liu, Theresa M. Roeder, Susan C. Cholette
Source: INFORMS Transactions on Education. 25:219-231
Publisher Information: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), 2025.
Publication Year: 2025
Subject Terms: 4. Education, 0602 languages and literature, 05 social sciences, 06 humanities and the arts, 0503 education
Description: 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.
Document Type: Article
Language: English
ISSN: 1532-0545
DOI: 10.1287/ited.2023.0049
Accession Number: edsair.doi...........ab25228bc789bc35d9bd2d096ee80cab
Database: OpenAIRE
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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.
ISSN:15320545
DOI:10.1287/ited.2023.0049