Episode 40 – From a Student’s View: AXLE Writing Requirements

March 21, 2013 — In this first installment of a two-part podcast, our CFT student reporter, Erin Baldwin, hears thoughts from a Vanderbilt junior about the Achieving Excellence in Liberal Education core curriculum (more commonly referred to as the AXLE requirements) that all students...... KEEP READING »

Tags: Assessment, Course Design, Student Expectations, Teaching Writing
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Measurement of ‘Learning Outcomes’ Comes to Graduate School

March 12, 2013 — “I just know it in my bones” is the rationale some professors might give to explain how they know whether or not their students have learned, writes David Glenn in an article posted in the Chronicle of Higher Education. This...... KEEP READING »

Tags: Assessment, Graduate Education
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Ask Professor Pedagogy: Assessment Suggestions for Large Lecture Classes

February 22, 2013 — Ask Professor Pedagogy is a twice monthly advice column written by Center for Teaching staff. One aspect of our mission is to cultivate dialogue about teaching and learning, so we welcome questions and concerns that arise in the classroom; particularly...... KEEP READING »

Tags: Ask Professor Pedagogy, Assessment, Grading, Large Classes
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Thinking About Metacognition

January 10, 2013 — By Cynthia Brame, CFT Assistant Director   I’ve been thinking a good bit about metacognition lately, which is kind of funny, if you think about it. Metacognition can be defined very simply as thinking about thinking, or more fully as...... KEEP READING »

Tags: Assessment, Deep Learning, How People Learn, Learner-Centered Teaching, Metacognition
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Ask Professor Pedagogy: Midterm Exams

October 19, 2012 — Ask Professor Pedagogy is a twice monthly advice column written by Center for Teaching staff. One aspect of our mission is to cultivate dialogue about teaching and learning, so we welcome questions and concerns that arise in the classroom; particularly...... KEEP READING »

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Strategies for Grading Workshop: Additional Resources

September 13, 2012 — CFT Graduate Teaching Fellow, Beth Koontz, offers additional resources on grading and assessing student work. The CFT recently hosted a teaching workshop on Effective and Efficient Grading focusing on the purposes of grading and how to grade in ways that...... KEEP READING »

Tags: Active Learning, Assessment, Course Design, Grading, Student Motivation
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From the Stacks…

April 7, 2012 — Beyond Tests and Quizzes : Creative Assessments in the College Classroom by Richard J. Mezeske From the publisher… Because the drive toward external assessment speaks almost exclusively in terms of standardized testing, we need to be reminded of the internal...... KEEP READING »

Tags: Assessment, Book Review, Grading
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Upcoming Event: Assessing Student Learning

March 14, 2012 — Join us for this upcoming teaching workshop! Assessing Student Learning Date & Time:      March 20, 4:10-5:30 Facilitator:           Nancy Chick, Assistant Director Format:                Teaching Workshop Audience:           Faculty, Graduate and Professional Students, Post-docs, and Staff This session will equip...... KEEP READING »

Tags: Assessment, CFT Programs, SoTL
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How do you know what your students are learning—or NOT learning?

March 5, 2012 — Which assessment techniques do you find particularly effective or efficient? How do you select when and how often to assess your courses? What then does deep learning in a course look like?  And how can it be achieved? The CFT...... KEEP READING »

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Memo to Departments: Outcomes Assessment Really is a Good Idea (POD Essays on Teaching Excellence)

February 3, 2012 —   CFT Educational Consultant Milt Cox reviews an essay by Wayne Jacobson, University of Iowa, appearing in Essays on Teaching Excellence published by the Professional and Organizational Network in Higher Education. Jacobson claims that outcomes assessment is of key importance...... KEEP READING »

Tags: Assessment, departments
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