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Are Your Assessments Fair and Balanced?

Faculty Focus

In order to provide useful information to instructors and students about student achievement, it must be understood that student assessment is more than just a grade because it should link student performance to specific learning objectives. Assessment is a critical component of the teaching and learning process.

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Are Your Assessments Fair and Balanced?

Faculty Focus

In order to provide useful information to instructors and students about student achievement, it must be understood that student assessment is more than just a grade because it should link student performance to specific learning objectives. Assessment is a critical component of the teaching and learning process.

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Four Steps to Promote Student Success in College Classrooms

Faculty Focus

The position of this manuscript is to suggest practical approaches for educators to enhance students’ retention of course materials, lessen achievement gaps, and promote student success in college classrooms. Traffic light cards: A cross and modification between the minute paper and muddiest point. link] He, Y.

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Four Steps to Promote Student Success in College Classrooms

Faculty Focus

The position of this manuscript is to suggest practical approaches for educators to enhance students’ retention of course materials, lessen achievement gaps, and promote student success in college classrooms. Traffic light cards: A cross and modification between the minute paper and muddiest point. link] He, Y.

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I’m An Adjunct: What Do I Need to Know About Teaching? 

Faculty Focus

Provide meaningful feedback Another way to achieve both of the above goals, and support student learning, is to provide students with clear, supportive feedback on their work. At the end of class, ask students to share their muddiest point or summarize the big ideas from that class period in a minute paper. How might this work?

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I’m An Adjunct: What Do I Need to Know About Teaching? 

Faculty Focus

Provide meaningful feedback Another way to achieve both of the above goals, and support student learning, is to provide students with clear, supportive feedback on their work. At the end of class, ask students to share their muddiest point or summarize the big ideas from that class period in a minute paper. How might this work?

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Simple Strategies for Curriculum (Re)Design for the New Instructor

Scholarly Teacher

These assessments can include quizzes, minute papers, surveys, and other methods to track student progress (Zakrajsek, 2016). The insights obtained through formative assessment allow instructors to implement real-time revisions and adjustments to ensure that the curriculum is relevant and learning outcomes may be achieved.