Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

I used traditional grading practices, assessing student progress through quizzes, tests, project, midterms and finals each year. As I improved it, I also worked on developing a smoother flow and incorporating reflections into the course. From 2011-2015, I continued to iterate on the course design for my class.

Syllabus 159

Syllabus Learning Course Outline History 159

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

We can pre-expose students to new information before starting a course or a class with: a welcome letter or email of the course description. a video about a course or topic. pre-test quizzes. low-stakes quizzes and practice tests. color-coding key items in the pre-exposure materials. a workbook to preview.

Knowledge 126

Knowledge Quizzes Students Learning 126

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Differences in lived experiences, values, beliefs, histories, identities, and more will influence how individual students experience the learning environment (Lovett, Bridges, DiPietro, Ambrose, & Norman, 2023). This type of intellectual rigor is desirable in course design. These assessments must be valid and reliable.

Syllabus 132

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 132

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

We can pre-expose students to new information before starting a course or a class with: a welcome letter or email of the course description. a video about a course or topic. pre-test quizzes. low-stakes quizzes and practice tests. color-coding key items in the pre-exposure materials. a workbook to preview.

Knowledge 98

Knowledge Quizzes Students Learning 98

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

Differences in lived experiences, values, beliefs, histories, identities, and more will influence how individual students experience the learning environment (Lovett, Bridges, DiPietro, Ambrose, & Norman, 2023). This type of intellectual rigor is desirable in course design. These assessments must be valid and reliable.

Syllabus 105

Syllabus Exams Students Motivation 105

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Volker Janssen, a history professor at California State University Fullerton who served as one of six senior contributing authors for the OpenStax U.S. History textbook, was disappointed with the final product. Tutor pushes beyond simple multiple-choice quizzes. So he doesn’t assign it to his students. “I

Textbooks 119

Textbooks Instructors History Syllabus 119

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

After all, for most of human history, humans couldn’t fly, and some said it could never be done. In a paper Koedinger co-published in Science , he found that as instructors consider their course design and teaching options during a typical college course, they’re picking from trillions of possibilities.

Education 218

Education Learning Textbooks Instructors 218