Improving Classroom Quizzes

How can a few simple modifications to quizzing create a more effective and accurate assessment of learning?

February 2, 2023 4

Improving Multiple Choice Questioning

How can a simple modification to multiple choice questioning create a more effective learning opportunity?

November 18, 2022 4

Improving the Exit Ticket

The exit ticket is an often used method of assessment in the classroom. But is it being use effectively?

November 2, 2022 5

On the Hunt

What are our students 'pointing' at during study/review opportunities?

May 2, 2022 3

Reverse Engineering the Multiple-Choice Question

A classroom strategy to enhance multiple choice questioning.

November 19, 2021 8

Talking About Forgetting with Students

How we frame forgetting in the classroom could use an adjustment.

October 1, 2021 5

Highlighting with a Purpose

How can highlighters be more effectively used in the classroom?

September 8, 2021 1

Before, During, and After Thinking Strategies

How do our students consider their learning before, during, and after a lesson?

October 12, 2020 2

Honesty is the Best Policy

Having honest conversations and providing honest assessments are integral in an effective classroom.

August 3, 2020 2

Confidence Weighted Multiple-Choice Questioning

Can this strategy for answering multiple-choice questions improve retention of both correct and incorrect responses?

June 22, 2020 4

Three Hurdles Students Must Clear to Maximize Assessment’s Benefits

What ideas about assessment block students from seeing it as a powerful tool for learning?

May 20, 2020 4

How Do You Know What You Know?

I was recently asked this question: What advice would you give to a young adult student who can't tell whether she knows the material?

February 13, 2020 5

A Great Day Of Teaching…Or Was It?

How do you know when you've had a great day of teaching?

October 18, 2019 3

Brain – Book – Buddy: A Strategy for Assessment

A simple and widely applicable strategy to assess student understanding.

March 13, 2019 22

A Focus On Learning, Not Fun

Is your lesson focused on the learning or the fun?

January 10, 2019 21

Student Choice, Intuition, and Poor Study Habits

When given the choice, do students choose effective study habits?

October 22, 2018 5

The Myth of Passive Learning

Does passive learning exist? Does it create a false sense of learning?

March 16, 2018 12

A Discussion about Learning in the Classroom

A discussion with students about learning and knowing when we've learned.

January 9, 2018 4

Color Coding Recall Attempts to Assess Learning

Due to Hurricane Irma, I have not seen my students in four days. We are right in the middle of the most difficult unit of study for the entire year. To combat this difficulty, I make things easier...but not in the way you may be thinking. I make it easier with more frequent low-stakes assessments... Continue Reading →

September 14, 2017 26