Digitally-Enabled, Evidence-Based Teaching Practice: Metacognition & Self-Regulated Learning
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Testing Probabilistic Intuition Using Thousands of Trials in a Digital Environment
Students are directly engaged through hands-on coding and experimentation in R, rather than passively receiving information. They create simulations, run trials, visualize outcomes, and dynamically explore probabilistic concepts, thus becoming deeply embedded in their own learning process.
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Learning About Students Through an Introductory Online Survey
In recent years, Latulippe has begun using a brief online introductory survey to get to know a little bit more about students in her courses. She uses Microsoft Forms, but there are many other digital survey tools available including Qualtrics, Google Forms, Survey Monkey, or a quiz built into your LMS or online homework system.
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Confirming Our Worth as Human Beings via an Online Discussion Board
Precalculus students listen to and discuss a talk which communicates to students that they have an inherent dignity apart from their grades. This message is foundational to creating a sense of belonging both in the classroom and in STEM fields.
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Modeling Learning Tools and Strategies Through Courseware Data Reporting Features
Michele Hampton, a professor of economics, uses McGraw Hill Connect’s learning reports for this purpose. She teaches students how to read and interpret the data in the reports to assess their learning and progress. She also models for students how to use these reports by allowing the reports to shape her teaching. When the data…
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Creating Digital Exam Wrappers to Support Students Practicing Metacognition
Meredith Burr, a professor of mathematical and statistical sciences, has developed an exam wrapper that is built in the statistical software used by students in the course. By completing the wrapper in the software, students are being put into the mindset they will need for the exam as they reflect on their preparation plans; following…