main photo CC BY 2.0 of Marco Verch This past semester in particular, I’ve received a lot of questions from graduate teaching fellows about restructuring their courses’ assessment structures (mostly to be more in line with their student-centered pedagogical methods). After all, it creates a bit of a hypocrisy when a teacher tauts to their […]
How do you know whether things are going well in your class? And whether students are learning anything? Do they like your teaching style? Does your course meet their needs? These are questions that thoughtful college teachers and other educators often ask of ourselves. As we approach the end of the spring semester, I find […]
By Jenn Polish This post will focus on developing anti-racist and anti-ableist modes of assessment, and how things like contract grading can be a way for students to create their own forms of success in classrooms (instead of being held unfailingly to one standard model of “success” that doesn’t fit most students). This Spring, my […]
It’s that time of year: when the clove-tanged scent of cinnamon slips into your mouth alongside the crispness of just-picked apples and braces you for the barrage of overlarge papier-mâché spiders and re-watch parties of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Also, it’s that time of year when school starts/has started/how-oh-how-is-it-October-already/what-do-you-mean-November-is-just-around-the-corner. In other words, it’s that time […]
