Low-stakes writing tasks support student learning by encouraging idea development, reinforcing course concepts, and providing a safe space for practice without the pressure of formal graded assessment.
Assessment and Feedback
Maximize the impact of learning activities and assignments by aligning them with course outcomes, promoting active engagement, and providing opportunities for meaningful feedback and reflection.
Design assessments that prioritize student learning by aligning with course outcomes, offering meaningful feedback, and encouraging reflection, growth, and active engagement.
Help students prepare for exams with a collaborative review activity that reinforces key concepts, encourages peer learning, and builds confidence through active engagement.
General strategies for creating effective multiple-choice questions, including tips for writing clear stems and plausible distractors.
Promote fair and consistent assessment by developing clear rubrics, calibrating expectations among assessors, and fostering open communication to ensure reliability and transparency in grading.
Assess group work effectively by providing clear grading expectations, using both individual and group evaluations, and building accountability and reflection through self and peer review.
Support student success by creating assignments that match their learning level, offer the right mix of challenge and skill-building, and scaffold their critical thinking and disciplinary expertise.
Design effective online assignments by aligning them with course outcomes, leveraging digital tools, and promoting student engagement through clear expectations and meaningful feedback.
Grade efficiently and fairly with strategies that balance timeliness and consistency, and reduce grading bias.