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 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
Just A Little Bit Better Every year, I find a different aspect of teaching to work on to be just a little bit better. What am I focusing on this year? August 18, 2022 1
Assuming – Enemy of the Effective Classroom Is assuming public enemy #1 in the efficient and effective classroom? March 29, 2022 3
Talking About Forgetting with Students How we frame forgetting in the classroom could use an adjustment. October 1, 2021 5
Before, During, and After Thinking Strategies How do our students consider their learning before, during, and after a lesson? October 12, 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
Multiple-Choice Questioning as a Valuable Learning Opportunity Can multiple-choice questions provide opportunities for learning superior to questions requiring recall of information? June 14, 2020 3
An Honest Assessment Three criteria I use when deciding what material to include on retrieval practice opportunities. May 27, 2020 6
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
What Were They Thinking? Maybe the most important question we can ask in our classroom is this: What were they thinking? March 9, 2020 2
Going Goal-Free During Formative Assessment How can removing goals during assessment lead to better thinking with/about class material? January 9, 2020 8
Brain – Book – Buddy: A Strategy for Assessment A simple and widely applicable strategy to assess student understanding. March 13, 2019 22
Retrieval Practice in the Collaborative Setting How are the benefits of retrieval practice affected by the collaborative setting? February 2, 2019 10
The Value of Failure in the Classroom The Value of Failure in the Classroom Leveraging failures on formative assessment for learning October 8, 2018 6
Writing A Better Multiple-Choice Question: What Does Research Indicate? Writing A Better Multiple-Choice Question: What Does Research Indicate? September 26, 2018 13