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Grading Options

Today I watched the 2022 Keynote Speaker for the Alternative Assessment Institute, David Buck. Their title was “Ungrading: A Road to Equity.” They mentioned that “ungrading is a pedagogical mindset (philosophy) that de-centers the control-based function of grades to create space for learning that’s divorced from stress. The learning process is centered, students display agency, […]
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Practical News Storytelling

Catriona Forrest from the University of Glasgow, UK presented at the Alternative Assessment Institute 2022 on “Practical News Stories.” This course and assignments have developed over time. This masters of sociology course teaches research methods and practical journalism skills. The MSc Media, Communications and International Journalism Program has four core courses. They use a rubric […]
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Evaluation of Retention Strategies for STEM Students at Neumann University

Tonight I watched the recorded session for the ASMCUE poster entitled “Instructional and Retention Strategies for STEM Students Using Co-Curricular Science Courses.” Matt Mastropaolo from Neumann University spoke about their NSF-funded program for first-year students. The program supports “24 academically gifted students” who also have financial needs. The research team evaluated their program and learned […]
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Self-regulated Learning and Remote Instruction

Aaron Esparza and Jeff Olimpo examined how remote instruction during the pandemic influenced learning strategies of students. Their ASMCUE 2022 recorded poster session was entitled “COVID-19 Remote Instruction Prepares STEM Students for the Return to Face-to-Face Learning.” Esparza mentioned that they sought to challenge the deficit focused comments of remote instruction. They described how self-regulated […]
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Impact of Personal Medical Experiences on Engagement and Motivation in Science Courses

Porter Bischoff is an undergraduate student who spent months in the hospital as a child. They worked with Anette Lewis, Dr. Joshua Premo, and Dr. Brittney N. Wyatt on this educational study funded by NSF. They presented their work at ASMCUE 2022 as a recorded poster session entitled “Medical Experiences’ Influence on Science Motivation.” Bischoff […]
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Engagement and Barriers to Access to HIPs

Tonight I checked out several ASMCUE 2022 posters and came across the recording for the poster entitled “Are high-impact practices accessible for all? Exploring the factors impacting engagement in beneficial educational experiences for undergraduate STEM students with disabilities.” The presenter was Emma Goodwin from Sara Brownell’s group at Arizona State University. Goodwin spoke about increasing […]
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Convenient Office Hours?

Tonight’s ASMCUE 2022 poster session recording was entitled “A simple intervention to schedule unique weekly office hours increases student access.” Caitlin Lee Williams is a SPIRE postdoctoral fellow at UNC and taught at UNC-Pembroke. They spoke about barriers to office hours and little research on these barriers. Williams mentioned there is one large exploratory, survey-based […]
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The Parasitic Perspective

It was a good Thanksgiving! The kids ate and had fun… and are now asleep. Tonight I continued watching ASMCUE 2022 poster sessions. I watched the recording for the poster entitled “Student Driven Artistic Assignments for Complex Microbiology Processes.” Ryan Kenton is an Associate Professor at the University of Portland. Kenton believes that both science […]
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A Careful Assessment of a Lego Complement Activity

I started watching poster presentations from ASMCUE 2022. The first one with a video recording was entitled “Piecing Complement Together with LEGO bricks: Impacts on Interest, Confidence, and Learning in the Immunology Classroom,” presented by Joshua Baty, Suzanne Bohlson, Mallary Greenlee-Wacker, and Heather Bruns. Their research question was: does use of a 3D model help […]
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A CURE with Culturomics and Teamwork

I realized I had skipped a Microbrew session! So, tonight I watched the ASMCUE 2022 microbrew entitled “Microbrew. MicroCURE – A Hybrid, Team Approach to Course-based Research Experiences.” Michael LaMontagne and Caroline Kmiecik teach this course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) at the University of Houston Clear Lake. The student learning goals LaMontagne stated were primary […]
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