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 for assessment, rubrics purposefully… Read More
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
Last Updated:March 2, 2023 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 learning. Additionally, faculty can use informal assessment tools like in-class discussion, two-sentence mini-papers in class, brief student… Read More
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
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
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…
