Teaching Seminar

Reviewing a previous final with the lens of good summative assessment practices.

Initially planned to discuss pages 59-66 of the guide on summative assessment.

Discussing pages 49-58 of the guide on the basics of assessment.

Discussing actionable mid-semester feedback, and having a relaxing agenda

Discussing pages 26-44 of the guide on choosing appropriate mathematical tasks.

Discussing pages 15-25 of the guide on practices to encourage student participation and persistence.

Discussing pages 1-14 of the guide on practices to encourage student participation.

Aubrey Wolfe and Montana Loibl presented on some common and not-so-common occurrences in the classroom. They encouraged the attendees to work in small-groups to decide how they would handle these situations, and together as a group we discussed them. Here are their slides

Measuring student learning not just on a 50 minute test.

Using short quizzes to check learning and take attendance.