# Sarah Zerwin

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Sarah Zerwin: Pointless Grading for a Purposeful Future

Sarah Zerwin and Phil Olson discuss moving any classroom to a feedback and growth oriented environment by removing points from assignments.     Let Third Eye know what you think: https://twitter.com/ThirdEyeEd

016 More Meaningful Grading With Dr. Sarah M. Zerwin

In this episode of Writer Answers, Liz Reilly and Noah Waspe talk to Sarah Zerwin about the thought processes behind her new book Point-less: an English Teacher’s Guide to More Meaningful Grading. Find today’s guest on Twitter: @SarahMZerwin Order Point-less: An English Teacher’s Guide to More Mea…

Grade Less…Know More with Dr. Sarah Zerwin & Jenn Brauner

Do you find yourself wondering how you will ever grade that giant stack of papers?  Wondering if there might be other ways to support your students’ progress or monitor their understanding? What would happen if we eliminated the points for compliance exchange, students advocated for their own grade…

Sparking Excitement and Curiosity for Learning - E108

This week, we are diving deeper into the UDL (Universal Design for Learning) framework by exploring multiple means of engagement in the classroom. Specifically, we are focusing our discussion on how to spark excitement and curiosity in the classroom. If you like what you hear, we would love it if y…

Episode 6: Do Some Grading Policies Hurt Students?

At the halfway point in the school year, Alex and John take some time to reflect on how their new approaches are going and have a discussion on why it might be appropriate to assign an "Incomplete" to a student rather than a "D" or an "F." Next, they talk about some very common grading practices: t…

Episode 7: What is the Most Equitable Way to Calculate Students' Final Grades?

Rapidly approaching the end of the school year, Alex and John turn to a key question: how to calculate final grades for students? It might seem like there’s an obvious answer, which is to take the average of all of the points earned and divide by the number of points possible. For generations of st…

S3 E7: Patterns of Power: Authentic Grammar Instruction in High School with Holly Durham & Travis Leech

This conversation with Patterns of Power grammar extraordinaires Holly Durham and Travis Leech will leave you ready to dive into authentic grammar instruction! Let go of ineffective worksheets and skill-and-drill grammar instruction as Holly and Travis describe the Patterns of Power Process with a …

Sarah Zerwin says to let the students drive their learning

Upcoming book: https://www.routledge.com/Step-Aside-Strategies-for-Student-Driven-Learning-with-Secondary-Readers-and-Writers/Zerwin/p/book/9781625316554 Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-zerwin-78719956/ Shout outs: Cornelius Minor,  Tricia Ebarvia, Felicia Rose Chavez, Zaretta Hammond,…

Launching Students into High-Level Work They Care About

In this S5E15 Schoolutions Teaching Strategies conversation, join me with teacher and author Sarah M. Zerwin as she shares strategies from her book Step Aside: Strategies for Student-Driven Learning with Secondary Readers and Writers (Illustrated by Jane Zerwin).🚗 The Driving Course Metaphor: Stude…