Tekla Hawkins's blog

A Case for Portfolio-Based Assessment

Submitted by Tekla Hawkins 11Jan
a teacher berates Calvin for giving wrong answers

As far as I know I’m the only instructor at UT-Austin using portfolio grading in a Literature course this term; I know for certain that future graduate-student instructors have been told they are not allowed to use portfolio grading in even their self-designed Literature courses going forward.

Plain Text = Persuasion

Submitted by Tekla Hawkins 15Sep
image of a TextEdit window titled Plain text = Persuasive

After two years out of the classroom on fellowship, I've just finished the first full week of teaching. Because of the long break, I had a lot of time to think about what I wanted to get out of the classroom, and what I hoped my students would get out of it. At UT-Austin we have a large and diverse student population, but the common factor in mine has been that they're driven and want to do well. 

Reflections on Blogging

Submitted by Tekla Hawkins 13Aug
Photo of aluminum computer keyboard

Like many of the instructors here in the DWRL, I ask my students to write blog posts throughout the semester, which means in the last year and a half, I’ve read about 180 thoughtful, carefully constructed responses to my own work.

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