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Building a specifications grading course, part 2

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

This is the second part of a two-parter where I am going into detail about how the grading system in my current course, Linear Algebra and Differential Equations, is set up. Assessments and marks What will students do in the class, to demonstrate their progress toward the learning objectives I listed last time? 2 but not on LA.3

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Online Teaching Reflection: Day 24

Cycles of Learning

Today I have been reflecting a lot on assessment. Specifically, whether or not there is place for a traditional "paper" assessment in my chemistry course. One of my colleagues is doing creative work around having students print copies of assessments, solve problems, take images, and submit back as PDF to be annotated and graded.

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7 Ideas for Student Genius Hour and Passion Projects

The CoolCatTeacher

Now, I strive to have personal interest projects for just about everything. She’s helped the students find books in the library, and she has also helped them learn some ways to navigate ways to share their knowledge through Google Slides or Wixie. Of course, there is! It’s really happening organically.

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Teaching Computational Thinking: In practice

Neo LMS

In this instance students were asked to mine data they cared about, yielding a number of interesting projects such as the number of female vs. male spectators at female sports events, an argument for gender neutral bathrooms and the size of the eagle population in Alaska, to name a few. Try this free puzzle booklet for starters.

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Facing an existential crisis, some colleges do something rare for them — adapt

The Hechinger Report

The & Lab is a course housed here, in which students at the Maine College of Art & Design can solve real-world problems and get practical experience, creating work that they can add to their portfolios. Another small school, private Hartwick College in New York, provides a similar case study. There’s a real demand.”

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How SBG Led Us to Empower: The Tyranny of 82% (Part 1 of 2)

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

He got a 20 out of 100 points on the first big assessment. At the end of the unit, he aced a final assessment with 100 out of 100 points. All that effort at the end and he only got an average of 60 percent in summative assessments. Of course, the above is farcical. Percentages aren't always impractical, of course.

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Active Learning in the Math Classroom

techlearning

Students might learn through games, projects, debates, talking with peers, case studies, just-in-time teaching, or short demonstrations followed by class discussion. It’s about training students to think for themselves, but it also means educators fighting the urge to jump in and help. Even QR codes can be engaging.