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Increasing Student Success: A Developmental Approach

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If you are like most of those with whom I work, you spend hours identifying the desired learning outcomes, essential understandings and skills, and appropriate materials. This then leads to countless hours of designing assessments and learning experiences. A theory of human motivation. This is critical work.

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The Lasso Way to Formative Assessment 

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Furthermore, accreditation bodies are looking at assessment to ensure colleges and universities are “living up to what they advertise.” This faculty member may give exams and may collect student artifacts, such as projects or papers, but the faculty really doesn’t connect student performance with the course design or classroom experience.

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The Lasso Way to Formative Assessment 

Faculty Focus

Furthermore, accreditation bodies are looking at assessment to ensure colleges and universities are “living up to what they advertise.” This faculty member may give exams and may collect student artifacts, such as projects or papers, but the faculty really doesn’t connect student performance with the course design or classroom experience.

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Increasing Student Success: A Developmental Approach

Faculty Focus

If you are like most of those with whom I work, you spend hours identifying the desired learning outcomes, essential understandings and skills, and appropriate materials. This then leads to countless hours of designing assessments and learning experiences. A theory of human motivation. This is critical work.

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Inclusive Teaching Begins with Authenticity

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2022), Teaching Guide: Navigating Social Identity in the Classroom , Center for the Advancement of Teaching Excellence at the University of Illinois Chicago. The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation. Psychological Bulletin, 117(3), 497–529. Sociology of Education, 70, 324–345.

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Six Powerful Ways to Cultivate Student Attention and Promote Student Success 

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Check for understanding I have found that providing online quizzes and interactive whiteboards can help to engage students, monitor progress on learning, and provide feedback. Alan Wallace Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence , by Daniel Goleman How Humans Learn: The Science and Stories behind Effective College Teaching , by Joshua R.

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Six Powerful Ways to Cultivate Student Attention and Promote Student Success 

Faculty Focus

Check for understanding I have found that providing online quizzes and interactive whiteboards can help to engage students, monitor progress on learning, and provide feedback. Alan Wallace Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence , by Daniel Goleman How Humans Learn: The Science and Stories behind Effective College Teaching , by Joshua R.