Assessment for learning: Learning from peers with two-stage quizzes
This is the third post in our Assessment for Learning (AfL) series, as we anticipate Beyond Grading: Effective Assessment StrategiesContinue Reading
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Assessment for learning: questions – a feedback practice we learned from Socrates
This is the second post in our Assessment for Learning (AfL) series, as we anticipate Beyond Grading: Effective Assessment StrategiesContinue Reading
Beyond grading: Ever heard of “assessment for learning”? Let me explain …
What words or images come to mind when you hear the word “assessment”? As a teacher? As a student? TwiceContinue Reading
Getting Students To Distinguish Fact From Fallacy In The Media
Faculty of Management Professor Elena Obukhova is eager for her students to become “discerning media consumers.” In a recent articleContinue Reading
Exploring issues surrounding The Royal Victoria Hospital site development in a McGill Law course
For the first time, Professors Kirsten Anker, Yaëll Emerich and Tina Piper from the Faculty of Law teamed up toContinue Reading
Peer assessment within and among teams
A number of instructors at McGill have implemented peer assessment (PA) in their courses and have generously shared some ofContinue Reading
‘Tis the season: reviewing multiple choice question exam results at the end of term
If you teach at McGill and give students multiple choice question (MCQ) final exams, you’ll be receiving a “Test ItemContinue Reading
Hacking myCourses: Printing quizzes
In this post in our new series “Hacking myCourses,” we look at a simple way to print out Quizzes createdContinue Reading
Hacking myCourses: Auto-grading open-ended quiz questions
Welcome to our first post in our new series “Hacking myCourses”. We don’t actually mean “hacking” myCourses (as not toContinue Reading
Helping Students Communicate Science – Beyond the Classroom!
There’s a new course at McGill. It’s called Communicating Science (CCOM 314). Diane Dechief, a Faculty Lecturer at the McGillContinue Reading
