Student-Focused Assessment

Provide multiple deadlines for small segments of larger projects to teach students time management skills.

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Pay attention to student questions to get a sense of what topics students are struggling with and adjust your lectures accordingly.

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Give students rapid feedback on assignments to address problem areas quickly and effectively.

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Give pretests to students at the beginning of each unit to increase their learning in the course.

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Provide consistent feedback opportunities from the very first day of the course to assist struggling students early on and prevent them from falling behind.

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Make reflections a part of every class project so that students have an opportunity to learn from their completed work and think critically about how they performed, what they learned, and mistakes they made.

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Create a list of questions pertaining to the daily lab material that focus on the concepts of lab exercises to ask students, individually or in groups, to gauge student’s understanding of the material.

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Set aside class time to check in with students when they’re working on large (2-3+ weeks) group projects in order to catch them before they get derailed and create a project that doesn’t demonstrate assignment requirements.

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Draw concept maps in class, in groups, or individually on the last day of each unit to ensure all students have developed a correct and helpful model of the material covered.

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Provide students opportunities to analyze ethical dilemmas beyond their personal beliefs or preferences to ensure students get exposure to a wide variety of perspectives.

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