Best Practices for Inclusive Assessment
It’s important to assess how students have grown and mastered our course materials during the semester, and to do so in ways that don’t inadvertently disadvantage some students compared to …
Demo: Streamline Grading with Gradescope
Learn how to streamline grading with Gradescope, a free tool for Duke faculty and instructors, at demonstrations on November 8 and December 10! Gradescope makes it easy for instructors to grade tests …
How Much Homework is Too Much?
When redesigning a course or putting together a new course, faculty often struggle with how much homework and readings to assign. Too little homework and students might not be prepared …
Welcome to Duke Learning Innovation’s 2018 Active Learning Fellows
In May, Learning Innovation held the kick-off week for our 2018 Active Learning Fellows. We welcomed a group of faculty members and one graduate student from a wide range of departments …
Conducting Research on Teaching and Learning
Steps Clarify Your Research Hypothesis: What do you want to do in your class and how will you know whether it works? Start by thinking about the goals of your …
Exam Wrappers to Help Students Learn
After you grade exams and hand them back, is learning over? When an exam is returned to students, they may look at their score and calculate their potential final grade in the …
Could A Student Have Guessed Their Way To Success On Your Last Exam?
Check Your Last Multiple Choice Exam Would you like to check how likely it would be for a student to guess their way to a passing grade in your most …
Making the Most of Assigned Readings
Assigned readings are an integral part of most any college class. But, it can be difficult to get students to do the assigned readings and use them in the course. …
Assessing Programming Skills Online
A common conundrum for educators in computer science or electrical and computer engineering is how to assess students’ mastery of programming concepts. Assignments are often project-based—after all, a student has …
Including Participation in Student Grades
How can student participation be given a numeric score fairly and accurately? Dr. Elizabeth Bucholz, Instructor in Biomedical Engineering, has asked students to self-assess their participation, three times during the semester. Read more about how it worked.