During the spring semester of 2020, Edu Montes Romero (Spanish and Portuguese) taught SPAN 1150: First Year Intensive Spanish. After teaching the course during previous semesters, Edu was worried that ...

Exit tickets are quick, informal assessments that allow teachers to gauge student comprehension of a lesson and provide formative feedback. As a seventh grade math teacher in Rhode Island, Benjamin ...

Student feedback can be broadly categorized as summative or formative. Summative feedback, such as RIT’s Student Evaluation of Teaching Effectiveness (SRATE), is gathered at the conclusion of a course ...

Sometimes when teachers see good formative-assessment lessons in action, they believe they represent unrealistic aspirations for their own classrooms. In these lessons, students may be developing ...

In Ken Bain’s 2004 study of college faculty, he found that highly effective instructors believe that their students want to and are able to learn. These faculty build trusting relationships through ...

With technological breakthroughs in generative AI happening at unparalleled speed, it’s useful to remember the social nature of education and the consequent importance of teachers. The free exchange ...

Understanding areas of success and areas for development in knowledge and skills Insights into disciplinary knowledge and ways of thinking Addressing misconceptions in understanding and providing ...