Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesA common kind of complaint among many HE faculty: My student comes with a long story about why they need an extension on an assignment. I have already gone to some lengths to make sure my students have plenty of … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteI have an education question for anyone with expertise in assessment: Are there any studies examining the notion that marking all of one assignment/paper contemporaneously leads to more consistency? It strikes me as intuitively true, but I’d love to … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis post distinguishes between Constructivism, the cognitive theory, Constructivism, the educational philosophy, and Constructionism. It does an excellent job. Thanks Mark Guzdial! Source: Constructivism vs. Constructivism vs. Constructionism | Computing Education Research Blog 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteWith a Hat-Tip to Alex Bruton for sharing this. This is yet another one of these “hot new terms” that people like to say in the hopes it will make them sound “with it”. It seems to be one of … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 7 minutesColleges should stop trivializing the transmission of knowledge. Source: Opinion | The Misguided Drive to Measure ‘Learning Outcomes’ I love having objective, clear-cut descriptions of what my students are supposed to learn, and nice, objective, clear-cut assessments that I can … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhy do we forget so much of what we read? Anthropologist Barbara J. King suggests that the answer might point toward benefits of a slower pace of teaching in the college classroom. Source: Would College Students Retain More If Professors … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteA professor decides it’s time to reconceive how he comments on essay assignments. This is GREAT! I have taken to requiring my students to do reflections (3 Up; 3 Down – Thanks for the great idea, Ben Sawyer!) on their work … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteI have long thought that the way to change the problem of cheating in exams (and assignments) is to reduce the risk associated with any single task. Stay tuned for future posts on how to do that. It turns out … Continue reading