Among the trickiest decisions teachers make is whether to round up the final grade for a student who is just a few points shy of a passing score. Although…
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Meaningful Learning through One-on-One Conferences
December 11, 2017 Megan Von Bergen
Graduate students frequently get the chance to meet one-on-one with their professors. Yet at the undergraduate level, especially during the first year, students rarely get that chance, unless they…
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In Educational Assessment, Teaching with Technology
Using Screencasts for Formative and Summative Assessment
July 21, 2017 Megan Von Bergen
As a new teacher, one of the resources I found most helpful in shaping my grading practices was Grant Wiggins’s advice on feedback and assessment. Meaningful feedback, he suggests,…