Implementation Effort: Light
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Creating Digital Curriculum that Features Positive Representations of Students’ Identities
BACON, led by Neil Garg, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry, is an online organic chemistry tutorial that draws connections to human health and pop culture. BACON includes “Sizzling Scientists,” which features scientists from underrepresented backgrounds and their contributions to the field.
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Automated Formative Assessments to Give Timely and Targeted Feedback
Professor Kimberly Jackson and her colleagues use auto-graded practice tests in Canvas and ALEKS. Students can receive immediate feedback, rather than waiting on their professor to grade the quiz and offer feedback. The immediacy of feedback allows students to quickly identify which concepts they will need to revisit before the exam.
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Assessing Interests and Experiences with Digital Survey Tools
Maria Tackett, a professor of statistical science, uses digital surveys in Qualtrics at the beginning of her statistics course to assess student experience and interests. These survey responses inform both course subject matter, for example types of data sets they might look at, as well as how Dr. Tackett groups students into project groups based on…
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Alternative Assessment Strategies
David Clark and Robert Talbert, two professors of mathematics, provide a number of resources and reflections on alternative assessment strategies on their website Grading for Growth and their book by the same name.