Studio courses present different challenges
that often can be overcome by employing relatively simple strategies.
- Process grading is preferred over product grading. Rather than
evaluating only the final product, evaluate the ongoing process of the
students. If the goal is a completed work, in–class showings with regular
critiquing encourage the submission of original work. Regular attendance
expectations ensure that the development of a student's idea is observed.
Their progress can then be acknowledged in the grading scheme.
- In courses focusing on creative work or the acquisition of technical
skills, journals and process reports can be used as a means through which to
learn about an individual 's personal experience and perceived progress
throughout a course. To circumvent the possibility of students writing a
full term of journal entries the night before a single due date, a series of
dates throughout the term can be identified as due dates, with random
collection of journals occurring on each date.
- When collaboration is desired, request individual submissions to
supplement any group report that is required. Individuals in the group can
be asked member can be asked to report on their personal experience within
the project.
- In discussions preceding assignments that involve quantitative data,
remind students that using someone else's numbers is no different from using
someone else's regards. If the source of the numbers is not properly
acknowledged, then plagiarism has occurred.
- In any course, when students are expected to comment on the work of
others, they can be asked to submit their working research notes. The
strategy of using two columns, one headed with "this scholar/professor/peer
says" the other with "I think" can help students to identify their own ideas
in response to the work of others.
- Asking students to attach the ticket stub to their submission of a
performance review will encourage the desired attendance. Identifying
specific works/ performances to be seen helps by restricting the options and
therefore the opportunities to engage in practices of academic dishonesty.