- Having the students make quizzes that are due a few hours before the class to inform the way you are going to teach. -
Interactive Learning Tool-kit ILT-BQ
Multiple Choice Questions
Annotated bibliography of website resources for creating good multiple choice questions created by the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
Carneson, J., Delpierre, G., & Masters, K. (n.d.). Designing and managing multiple-choice questions: Appendix B, designing MCQs – do’s and don’ts. and Appendix C, MCQs and Bloom’s Taxonomy. Retrieved June 12, 2011
Designing and managing multiple choice questions. A manual developed by the University of Cape Town. Retrieved June 12, 2011
Guidelines for creating multiple choice questions using Bloom’s developed by University of Texas. Retrieved June 12, 2011
Haladyna, T. M. (1999). Developing and validating multiple-choice test items, 2 nd ed. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Haladyna, T. M. (1989). Taxonomy of multiple-choice item-writing rules. Applied Measurement in Education, 2 (1), 37-50. An excerpt retrieved June 12, 2011
Gronlund, N. E. (1998). Assessment of student achievement. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Instructional Assessment Resources on Writing multiple-choice questions, from University of Texas
Jacobs, L. C. (2002). How to write better tests: A handbook for improving test construction skills. Retrieved June 12, 2011
Levels of Understanding Assessed by Multiple Choice Questions by the American Psychological Association
Marshall, J. C., & Hales, L. W. (1971). Classroom test construction. Reading MA: Addison-Wesley.
Sevenair. J. P., & Burkett, A. R. (1997). Item writing guidelines. Retrieved June 12, 2011
Tutorial to create MCQ on Blackboard from the Center for Instructional Technology (they have a tutorial for almost anything you can imagine on assessing learners)
Writing multiple-choice questions that demand critical thinking from the Teaching Effectiveness Program at the University of Oregon. Retrieved June 12, 2011 Adapted into a pdf Retrieved June 12, 2011
Student-centered approaches work
Wood 2009 Innovations in Teaching Undergraduate Biology and Why We Need Them
Armbruster et al. 2009 Active Learning and Student-Centered Pedagogy Improve Student Attitudes and Performance in Introductory Biology
Froyd 2008 Evidence for the Efficacy of Student-active Learning Pedagogies
McCrindle and Christensen 1995 The Impact of Learning Journals on Metacognitive and Cognitive Processes and Learning Performance
Burrowes 2003 A Student-Centered Approach to Teaching General Biology That Really Works: Put to a Test
Michael 2006 Where's the evidence that active learning works?
Osborne 2010 Arguing to Learn in Science: The Role of Collaborative, Critical Discourse
Schroeder et al. 2007 A Meta-Analysis of National Research: Effects of Teaching Strategies on Student Achievement in Science in the United States
Diversity training
Online Vignette Exercises for Racial Diversity Training
Diversity and Inclusion at the LEARN Center at the University of Wisconsin Whitewater. Check out their Discovery Hunt activity
The Interculture Project in Lancaster shares the data from Raising Intercultural Awareness in preparation for periods of residence abroad and Acquiring Intercultural Competence.
On-line Diversity Workshop of the CIRTL Network
The Diversity Training Modules for Pre-Service Training of the Peace Corps
Cheap measures, big changes
Haak et al. Science 2011 Increased srtructure and active learning reduce the achievement gap in introductory biology
and a comment about it in The Chronicle of Higher Education
and a comment about it in The Chronicle of Higher Education
Case Studies
The National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science site and training opportunities
SENCER - Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities
SENCER - Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities
Retention of New and Minority Teachers
Hilary L. Kissel, J. Patrick Meyer, Xiaofeng Liu Successful Retention of New and Minority Teachers: Results from the SASS and TFS
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