Linda B. Nilson
Author of Teaching At Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors, Third Edition
About the Author
Linda B. Nilson is founding director emerita of the Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation (OTEI) at Clemson University and author of Teaching at Its Best: A Research-based Resource for College Instructors, now in its fourth edition.
Works by Linda B. Nilson
Teaching At Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors, Third Edition (2010) 92 copies
Creating Self-Regulated Learners: Strategies to Strengthen Students' Self-Awareness and Learning Skills (2013) 84 copies
Teaching At Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors, Second Edition (2003) 81 copies
Teaching At Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors, Fourth Edition (2016) 69 copies
Specifications Grading: Restoring Rigor, Motivating Students, and Saving Faculty Time (2014) 65 copies
Online Teaching at Its Best: Merging Instructional Design with Teaching and Learning Research (2017) 42 copies
To Improve the Academy: Resources for Faculty, Instructional, & Organizational Development, Vol 28 (2010) — Editor — 35 copies
To Improve the Academy: Resources for Faculty, Instructional, & Organizational Development, Vol 25 (2007) — Editor — 31 copies
To Improve the Academy: Resources for Faculty, Instructional, & Organizational Development, Vol 27 (2009) — Editor — 26 copies
To Improve the Academy: Resources for Faculty, Instructional, & Organizational Development, Vol 26 (2008) — Editor — 24 copies
Enhancing Learning with Laptops in the Classroom : New Directions for Teaching and Learning, No. 101 (2005) 10 copies
Teaching at its best: A research-based resource for the Vanderbilt teaching community (1996) 2 copies
To Improve The Academy 1 copy
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Specifications Grading: Restoring Rigor, Motivating… by Linda B. Nilson
This was a stimulating read on something I had not researched. I got a lot of ideas for implementation but I do wonder about institutional consequences: the author makes no bones that this is about increasing rigor. If one faculty uses this system, won't students run to the "easy" sections where one can scrap enough partial credit to get by. Nevertheless, this book will get you to reconsider your entire grading schemes and assignments. As I said, very stimulating.
A compelling case for shifting one’s grading scheme to specifications grading as it will make it easier for faculty to set higher expectations, give students choices and responsibility for their own learning, and save time because not everything needs to be graded and haggling over points is no longer needed. The evidence and examples also make this book convincing. I cannot help but wonder, though, how students who lack confidence or experience would fare in this system.
This book definitely made me rethink at least some of the ways that I currently grade my students. Grade grubbing is one of the worst things I have to deal with by students. I don't know if I would implement full-on specs grading, but being more specific about what I want and ending partial credit sounds like something I will definitely get behind.
Annie Soisson, Associate Director of CELT with a special focus on faculty development programs and inclusive excellence
Creating Self-regulated Learners: Strategies to Strengthen Students’ Self-Awareness and Learning Skills, Linda Nilson
What are self-regulated learners anyway? With the explosion of knowledge, Linda Nilson emphasizes that our role as teachers must evolve into helping students become lifelong learners. The role of content, while still essential, is not enough. As faculty, we are professional learners, but how do we teach our process to students? Nilson creates a compelling argument that we need to consciously construct opportunities for our students to become intentional, independent and self-directed learners. This very practical book is full of concrete suggestions for how to help students integrate a sequenced series of practices that will help them understand how to take responsibility for their own learning.… (more)
Creating Self-regulated Learners: Strategies to Strengthen Students’ Self-Awareness and Learning Skills, Linda Nilson
What are self-regulated learners anyway? With the explosion of knowledge, Linda Nilson emphasizes that our role as teachers must evolve into helping students become lifelong learners. The role of content, while still essential, is not enough. As faculty, we are professional learners, but how do we teach our process to students? Nilson creates a compelling argument that we need to consciously construct opportunities for our students to become intentional, independent and self-directed learners. This very practical book is full of concrete suggestions for how to help students integrate a sequenced series of practices that will help them understand how to take responsibility for their own learning.… (more)
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