Tag: Student Assessment
Failing Our Future: How Grades Harm Students, and What We Can Do About It
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Authors: Joshua R. Eyler Published: August 27, 2024 UTHSC Library (coming soon) One of the most urgent and long-standing issues in the US education system is its obsession with grades. In Failing Our Future, Joshua R. Eyler shines a spotlight on how grades inhibit learning, cause problems between parents and children, amplify inequities, and contribute to the… Read More
Rubrics
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Last ReviewedJanuary 24, 2025 First Published:April 22, 2024 Rubrics are an assessment tool that guide grading by articulating specific components of assignments and communicating expectations for those components. Rubrics lend themselves to assessments where it is important to communicate high expectations, provide targeted feedback, and demonstrate learning priorities. When provided to students and used… Read More
The New College Classroom
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Authors: Cathy N. Davidson and Christina Katopodis Published: August 30, 2022 UTHSC Library College instruction is stuck in the past. If a time traveler from a century ago arrived on today’s campuses, they would recognize only too well the listlessness of the lecture hall and the awkward silence of the seminar room. Yet we know… Read More
Student Assessment
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Take it on the go! Listen to an AI-generated TLC To Go podcast episode summarizing this resource. Last Reviewed:February 25, 2025 First Published:March 1, 2022 Assessment tools can help faculty evaluate how well their learners have met learning goals and objectives. Faculty can use formal assessment tools, like examinations and quizzes, to gauge student… Read More
October 2019
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Volume 2, Issue 5 In this issue: The Teaching Scope: Guidelines for Giving Feedback… Teaching Toolbox: Supplement Learning with Synth Pedagogy Podcast: Empathy and Extended Reality Research Bytes: Temporal Peaks in Med Student Burnout The Waiting Room: Funny Bone
September 2019
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Volume 2, Issue 4 In this issue: The Teaching Scope: Design Matters: Using QM Standards to Streamline… Teaching Toolbox: Add Some Spark to Your CBL Did You Know? TLC has… Pedagogy Podcast: The College Classroom Assessment Compendium Research Bytes: Student STEM Identity
May 2018
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Volume 2, Issue 3 In this issue: The Teaching Scope: Intentional Assessment Teacher’s Toolbox: Punch of the Padlet Pedagogy Podcast: Academic Integrity Online Research Bytes: 96% of college students…