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Designing Performance-Based Assessments that Engage!

Journal Article

Designing Performance-Based Assessments that Engage!

Rather than feel stressful for students, an assessment should feel like a celebration of learning. Performance-based assessments allow students to dem...

By Katie Coppens

Middle School Assessment Pedagogy Teaching Strategies

Equitable instructor assessment changes amid COVID-19 pandemic

Journal Article

Equitable instructor assessment changes amid COVID-19 pandemic

The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak mandated a rapid transition to online classes with little warning. Previous literature studying the effect of this...

By Todd Lamb, Emily Driessen, Abby Beatty, Rachel Youngblood, Abby Esco, Sehoya Cotner, Catherine Creech, Abby Drake, Sheritta Fagbodun, Kristen Hobbs, Kelly Lane, Erin Larson, Sophie McCoy, Seth Thompson, Cissy Ballen

Postsecondary Assessment Biology Equity Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

Student Self-Assessment of Exam Preparation in 100 and 200-Level Chemistry Courses

Journal Article

Student Self-Assessment of Exam Preparation in 100 and 200-Level Chemistry Courses

Student self-assessment surveys were utilized to look at student study habits in several areas. Both self-reported study time and study methods were ...

By Andrew Karatjas

Postsecondary Assessment Chemistry Learning Progression Teaching Strategies

Student advice for success in high structure science and engineering courses

Journal Article

Student advice for success in high structure science and engineering courses

High structure courses ask students to be active participants in the learning process with pre-class content acquisition and assessment, in-class acti...

By Arik Ringsby, Justin Shaffer

Assessment Curriculum Engineering Pedagogy Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

Argumentative Writing Workshop for Conceptual Learning and Weekly Writing for Knowledge Application in Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratories

Journal Article

Argumentative Writing Workshop for Conceptual Learning and Weekly Writing for Knowledge Application in Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratories

Pedagogical approaches for supporting students’ argumentative writing in science laboratories have not been fully established. This paper examines t...

By Ruomei Gao, Judith Weinstein-Lloyd, Jody Cardinal

Postsecondary Assessment Chemistry Inquiry Teaching Strategies Three-Dimensional Learning

Tab-meta key: a model for exam review

Journal Article

Tab-meta key: a model for exam review

Traditional exam reviews are passive and face many challenges to prepare students for exams. In this study, we proposed the “Tab-meta key”...

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Assessment Biology Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

Embedding Study Skills in STEM Courses to Increase Retention and Success: A Quantitative Study

Journal Article

Embedding Study Skills in STEM Courses to Increase Retention and Success: A Quantitative Study

This study was conducted to determine if embedding effective study skills within a course would result in an increased use of these skills and, theref...

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Assessment Preservice Science Education STEM Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Performance Assessment as Part of Efficient, Effective, and Equitable Instructional Practice

Since the release of the NGSS, science classrooms across the United States have shifted science learning away from a focus on decontextualized facts a...

By Lauren Stoll and Jill Wertheim

High School Assessment Equity NGSS Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

The Effectiveness of Cooperative Learning in Teaching Quantitative Reasoning With Ternary Diagrams in a Science Class

Quantitative reasoning, although included in most science courses, can be challenging to teach. In this article, we explore whether cooperative learni...

By Man-Yin Tsang, Lisa Tutty, and Carl-Georg Bank

Assessment Research STEM Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Assessing Student Success in a Peer Assisted Learning Program Using Propensity Score Matching

The Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) program at Sacramento State was established in 2012 with one section supporting introductory chemistry. The program n...

By Corey Shanbrom, Michelle Norris, Caitlin Esgana, Matthew Krauel, Vincent Pigno, and Jennifer Lundmark

Assessment Inclusion Research STEM Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Using the Critical Response Process for Kinder, More Constructive Peer Review in Science Seminar Courses

Existing processes for academic peer review can yield unnecessarily harsh critiques that focus on any vulnerability rather than constructive feedback ...

By Lekelia D. Jenkins

Assessment Curriculum Research Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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