New York’s Education Department responded to standardized testing during COVID with restraint, but the Biden administration chose to embrace a doomed mandate, rejecting all requests for waivers ...

The pandemic has introduced a great deal of hardship into many students’ lives, which may make it difficult for them to learn. Disruptions to students’ mental and emotional health, social systems of ...

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has broken higher education assessment. This has implications from the classroom to institutional accreditation. We are advocating for a one-year pause on ...

Assessing student learning effectively is often complicated by relying on ambiguous proxies such as grades, quiz scores, or assumptions about students' internal states, such as what they feel, think, ...

Effective assessment is a cornerstone of teaching and learning, providing educators with valuable insights into student progress, understanding, and achievement. Whether you're teaching a large ...

Now that you have made the switch to teach your courses online, the next thing on your mind are student assessments. How will assessing student learning differ from what you have done before? In what ...

What method would you prefer to use for gathering feedback, and what makes it the best choice for your needs? An online form (e.g., Google Forms or Canvas). A quick in-class poll (e.g., Poll ...

Capstone courses integrate knowledge, concepts, and skills associated with an entire sequence of study in a program. This method of assessment is unique because the courses themselves become the ...

ChatGPT Study Mode provides students with a Socratic interface and experience designed to foster active learning and idea exploration rather than just passively receiving answers. Traditional student ...

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The Teaching and Learning Complex, located on the former site of Surge IV, opened this quarter. (Karin Higgins/UC Davis) There are plenty of places on campus to study, but fourth-year civil ...