Foster research skills and critical thinking by designing library-based assignments that encourage exploration of scholarly resources, scaffold the research process, and align with students’ academic levels and course goals.
Assessment and Feedback
Explore how to foster critical thinking in our learners by designing activities that challenge assumptions, encourage analysis and synthesis, and incorporate assessment strategies that make students’ reasoning visible and open to feedback.
Gather meaningful midterm feedback to enhance teaching effectiveness, address student needs, and improve the learning experience in real time.
Promote academic integrity and support student learning by using Turnitin to detect potential plagiarism, provide formative feedback on writing, and encourage proper citation practices.
Diversify student learning and evaluation by incorporating a range of assignment types that align with learning outcomes, support skill development, and offer multiple ways to demonstrate understanding.
Rubrics are a helpful tool to increase clarity and consistency in the grading process. This tip outlines how to articulate expectations, and provide targeted feedback to support student learning and self-assessment.
method of assessing concept maps, proposed by Novak and Gowin, is based on the components and structure of the map
This tip explores how to respond efficiently to student writing assessments by setting clear expectations, using focused feedback strategies, and balancing formative and summative comments to support learning while managing your workload.
Through timely, specific, and constructive feedback, instructors can enhance student learning. This tip provides guidance on how to provide feedback as well as supports to guide students to seek, interpret, and apply feedback to improve their performance and understanding.
Enhance the effectiveness of test and exams by aligning questions with learning outcomes, balancing question types and difficulty, and providing clear instructions.