Life beyond Grades

Martin V. Covington is Professor of the Graduate School (Psychology Department), University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of eight books, and is the senior author of the Productive Thinking Program, a school-based instructional curriculum designed to teach effective problem-solving techniques to upper-elementary and middle-school grades. Linda M. von Hoene is Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Professional Development and Director of the Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) Teaching and Resource Center at the University of California, Berkeley. She co-directs Berkeley's Summer Institute for Preparing Future Faculty and Berkeley's Student Mentoring and Research Teams (SMART). Dominic J. Voge is Associate Director of Princeton University's McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning where he leads the undergraduate learning program and conducts faculty development. He was awarded the K. Patricia Cross Leadership award (American Association of Colleges and Universities) among other accolades.

1. Introduction and overview; 2. The sum of all doubts; 3. Roles and responsibilities; 4. Prospects for intrinsic task engagement; 5. Solutions as goals; 6. Scaffolding problem-solving strategies; 7. Partnering instruction and assessment; 8. From goals to final grades; 9. The end of the beginning.