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January 26, 2024
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9:00 \u2013 9:15
\n<\/b>Opening Remarks
\n<\/span><\/em>Lori Mesrobian and Evgeny Dengub (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA)<\/span><\/p>\n

9:15 \u2013 10:15 <\/b>
\n<\/span>Keynote\u2019 Speech: <\/span>Ungrading for Learning: Building on Real Students\u2019 Superpowers
\n<\/span><\/em>Dr. Susan D. Blum (University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN)<\/span><\/p>\n

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10:20 \u2013 11:20
\n<\/b>15-Minute Paper Panels<\/span><\/h2>\n

Panel A1 Breaking Barriers – Disrupting Systems<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Chair: Liliana Paredes (Duke University, Durham, NC)<\/span><\/p>\n

Ungrading in the Heritage Language Learners Classroom<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/i>Vianey Cabrera (Santiago Canyon College, Orange, CA)<\/p>\n

Can-Do Statements for Self-Evaluation in Critical Sociocultural Linguistics Literacy
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Claudia Holguin Mendoza and Maria Jimenez (University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA)<\/span><\/p>\n

Panel A2 Self- Assessment<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Chair: Jaclyn Cohen-Steinberg (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA)
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Studying the Self: Student-Created Rubrics for Assessing Learning
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Kristina Meinking (Elon University, Elon, NC)<\/span><\/p>\n

Overcoming Barriers to Superior Proficiency with Self-Assessment in Ungrading Classroom
\n<\/span><\/i>Olga Mukhortova (Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Monterey, CA)<\/span><\/p>\n

Panel A3 Equity and Mental Health<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Chair: Yi-Hsien Liu (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA)<\/span><\/p>\n

Rewarding, Not Penalizing in a Russian Language Classroom: Alternative Grading as a Response to the Mental Health Crisis<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/i>Olga Klimova (University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA)<\/span><\/p>\n

Empowering Students or Performing Freedom? Ungrading and The Hidden Tyranny of Contracts
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Elara Sherman (Emory University, Atlanta, GA)<\/span><\/p>\n

Reflecting Multilingual Values: Ungrading for Equity in the World Language Classroom
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Christina Beaubien (Westfield State University, Westfield, MA) and Andie Fabe (Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS)<\/span><\/p>\n

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11:25 \u2013 12:00
\n<\/b>5-Minute Share Outs Sessions<\/span><\/h3>\n

Session B1 Navigating Frameworks<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Chair: Mellissa Withers (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA)<\/span><\/p>\n

Ungrading Within an Institutionally-Mandated Grading Framework: Grading for Mastery in the Upper-Level Language Classroom<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/i>Reed Johnson (Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME)<\/span><\/p>\n

The Extrinsic Values of Ungrading in Language Instruction
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Martina Kerlova (Northwestern University, Evanston, IL)<\/span><\/p>\n

Ungrading for Proficiency<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/i>Megwen Loveless (Tulane University, New Orleans, LA)<\/span><\/p>\n

Session B2 Reading and Writing<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Chair: Peter Winsky (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA)<\/span><\/p>\n

Unleashing Potential: Transformative Practices and Student Perspectives on Language Courses
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Mar\u00eda Mercedes Fages Agudo (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ungraded Process Writing in Foreign Language Teaching
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Ian Curtis (Kenyon College, Gambier, OH)\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Reading Journal Dialogues in the Literature Classroom
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Jennie Snow (Fitchburg State University, Providence, RI)<\/span><\/p>\n

Self-Selected Pleasure Reading and Self-Selected Pleasure Note Taking
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Nooshan Ashtari (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA)<\/span><\/p>\n

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12:00 \u2013 12:30
\n<\/strong>Break<\/span><\/h3>\n
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12:30 \u2013 13:10\u00a0<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Workshop \u201cOne-Level Rubrics\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n

Margaret E. Malone,\u00a0<\/span>Director, Assessment and Research, ACTFL<\/p>\n

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13:15 \u2013 14:15
\n<\/strong>15-Minute Paper Panels<\/span><\/h3>\n

Panel C1 Working with Different Models<\/strong>
\nChair: Atiyeh Showrai (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA)<\/span><\/p>\n

Specs Grading and Task-based assessments in Fourth-Semester French
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Maria Park Bobroff (Boston University, Boston, MA)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c’Le Pacte Autobiographique\u2019 et Le Pacte Scolaire:” Lessons From Contract Grading in a Small French Literature Course<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/i>Morgane Haesen (High Point University, High Point, NC)<\/span><\/p>\n

Implementing Effort-Based Agreements in a Graduate Spanish Syntax Course
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Maite Correa (Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO)<\/span><\/p>\n

Panel C2 Student-Centered Practices<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Chair: Leah Kemp (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA)<\/span><\/p>\n

Vulnerable: Ungrading for Heartfelt Multilingual Writing
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Laura Florand (Duke University, Durham, NC)<\/span><\/p>\n

Cheating the system: What Do Russian Language Students Think of Authorized Cheat Sheets?
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Emil Asanov (West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV)<\/span><\/p>\n

Meaningful Assessment Through Learning Progressions
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Lake Mathison (Royalton Public Schools, Royalton, MN)<\/span><\/p>\n

Panel C3 Implementing Change<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Chair: Shannon Donnally Quinn (Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI)<\/span><\/p>\n

Student Voices: Ungrading, Learning, and Motivation
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Ashleigh Fox (Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, PA)<\/span><\/p>\n

Little Steps for a Big Journey: An Incremental Approach to Ungrading
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Rachel Knighten (Lane Community College, Eugene, OR)<\/span><\/p>\n

A Human Endeavor: Using Ungrading to Refocus Academia on Student Learning
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Mike Rovasio (California State University, East Bay, CA)<\/span><\/p>\n

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14:20 \u2013 14:55\u00a0<\/strong>
\n<\/span>5-Minute Share Outs Sessions<\/span><\/h3>\n

Session D1 Self-Assessment
\n<\/strong>Chair: David Zaraz\u00faa (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA)<\/span><\/p>\n

Utilizing Self-Assessment and Rubrics in Student-Led Interviews
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Mar\u00eda Datel (Boston University, Boston, MA)<\/span><\/p>\n

Participation Self-Assessments for Increasing Engagement and Student-Teacher Trust
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Valerie O’Brien (University of Illinois Laboratory High School, Urbana, IL)<\/span><\/p>\n

Self-Evaluation Grades: A Method to Incentivize Students?
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u00d3scar Perea Rodr\u00edguez (University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Leveled Self-Assessments in the AI Era
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Xiomara Feliberty-Casiano (Harvard University, Cambridge, MA)<\/span><\/p>\n

Session D2 Centering Students
\n<\/strong>Chair: Julia Chamberlin\u00a0 (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA)<\/span><\/p>\n

Trust-Building Drives Risk-Taking: Acknowledging Individual Experience in Student-Oriented Ungrading Pedagogy<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/i>Cooper Brown (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA)<\/span><\/p>\n

Pedagogical Exploration: Peer Evaluation for Student Presentations
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Jun Lang (Pomona College, Claremont, CA)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ungrading Strategy: The Translanguaging Circle as a Space of Equity in the French Composition Class
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Laura Huffman (Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA)<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s OK to Make Mistakes!: Ungraded Quizzes in the Language Classroom
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Chloe Papadopoulos (Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)<\/span><\/p>\n

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15:00 \u2013 16:00\u00a0<\/strong>
\n<\/span>15-Minute Paper Panels<\/span><\/h3>\n

Panel E1 Games and Machines
\n<\/strong>Chair: Natalia Valencia (Loyola University, Chicago, IL)<\/span><\/p>\n

(Un)Grading and Gamification
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Felix Kronenberg (Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI)<\/span><\/p>\n

Oscars Night: Ungrading Language Proficiency with Dynamic Showcase
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Bo Liu (University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX)<\/span><\/p>\n

Machine Translation and Ungrading
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Ketevan Kupatadze and Elena Schoonmaker Gates (Elon University, Elon, NC)<\/span><\/p>\n

Panel E2 Reflection<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Chair: Kendra Walther (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI Did It on My Own\u201d: Illuminating Progress through Guided Self-Reflection in Oral Interviews
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Yawei Li (Berea College, Berea, KY)<\/span><\/p>\n

Reflective Practice: Effective Strategies for Combating Challenges with Grading Policies
\n<\/span><\/i><\/a>Amanda J. 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