Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

Checking How Well Students Blend Ideas Checking student learning in an interdisciplinary course brings special challenges, as the goal is to test knowledge of single subjects and the ability to blend and use information from many fields. In our college, old testing methods, like exams on facts from one field, do not work well.

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Interdisciplinary Teaching Knowledge Peer Review 52

Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

Checking How Well Students Blend Ideas Checking student learning in an interdisciplinary course brings special challenges, as the goal is to test knowledge of single subjects and the ability to blend and use information from many fields. In our college, old testing methods, like exams on facts from one field, do not work well.

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Interdisciplinary Teaching Knowledge Peer Review 54

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

Communication is key in classrooms, and recent 21st century initiatives describe the importance of students understanding the reasoning of others and engaging in meaningful conversations using critical thinking. The course, Effective Conversation in the Classroom, launches in August with three online sessions.

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Teaching Exams Disabilities Learning 186

Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2019

Students debated the best ways for educators and course designers to build fair and valuable grading schemes, and many brought up their concerns over how the current model for testing and grading doesn’t work for all students. Outcomes, Testing and Grading Which methods of assessment best measure learning and ability?

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Fairness Education Students Disabilities 163

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

In fact, the National Association of Colleges and Employers lists communication, critical thinking, equity and inclusion, and teamwork as four of the eight career readiness competencies. Students could form small groups to review material, create a study guide, and/or work on solving a set of problems to help prepare for the exam.

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Assignments Instructors Critical Thinking Activities 109

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

We can immediately correct misconceptions or misapplication of data rather than waiting until students make the errors in homework or on exams. In-class opportunities are well suited to students who have busy schedules that involve a heavy course load, work, and/or family responsibilities.

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Learning Problem-Based Learning Students Lecturing 122

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 15, 2023

Student exam performance then becomes a matter of cramming course content into short-term memory, without ever really mastering, considering, or owning the course material in a meaningful way.

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Lecturing Instructors Active Learning Activities 122