Conversation Starter,  Delta-K,  Volume 53, Issue 2

How I Abolished Grading

Delta-K

Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association

Volume 53 Issue 2, September 2016

4 – 5

How I Abolished Grading

David Martin

I started teaching high school calculus at my school a couple of years ago. When I started teaching the course, I used a traditional assessment strategy: I would assign homework daily, end the week with a quiz and then end the unit with a multiple choice written exam.