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Combining Grading Efficiency with Effective Assessment

When looking for ways to efficiently evaluate student work, instructors can modify their assessments to streamline grading and feedback, while ensuring that the assessment supports student learning. This resource provides guidance and strategies for combining grading efficiency and effective assessment. To frame our discussion, we begin with some guidelines for grading in ways that are efficient for instructors while promoting learning.

PACE4Equity Participant Reflections

Past participants of CEE's PACE4Equity (Program-level Assessment Capacity Enrichment for Equity) program reflect on their experience in the program. 

Graduate Teaching Community Reflections: Spring 2023

Introduction: 

Members of the Graduate Teaching Community reflected on the following prompt at the conclusion of the Spring 2023 quarter, which focused on active learning and inclusive classrooms:  How has participating in the Graduate Teaching Community (GTC) this quarter shaped your thinking about teaching?

James Hughes, Mathematics

Faculty Spotlight

When Dr. Bwalya Lungu, Department of Food Science and Technology, wanted to explore ways to learn more about the student learning experience in her large-enrollment classes, she turned to Undergraduate Education’s Learning, Teaching, and Assessment (LTA) for the use of mid-quarter inquiry surveys (MQIs). In this blog interview and post, we learn more about Dr. Lungu, her approach to teaching and learning, and her use of MQIs.

Know Your Students-New Charts Available!

Know Your Students is a suite of tools for instructors to be informed about the diversity in their classes and create equitable learning solutions. Know Your Students was a collaboration between the Educational Analytics team in Undergraduate Education, and instructors to address a need to have basic data about their students. Know Your Students allows instructors to see aggregate data regarding pre and post course outcomes, along with basic demographic data. 

GTC Graduate Teaching Community Reflections

Members of the Graduate Teaching Community reflected on the following prompt at the conclusion of the Spring 2022 quarter: How has participating in the Graduate Teaching Community (GTC) this quarter shaped your thinking about teaching?

Eli Moore, Applied Mathematics

This quarter in the GTC, we tackled three central topics: grading & assessment, student mental health, and equity & inclusion.

GTC Graduate Teaching Community Reflections

Introduction
 

Members of the Graduate Teaching Community reflected on the following prompt at the conclusion of the Fall 2021 quarter:  How has reading and discussing Relationship-Rich Education by Peter Felten and Leo M. Lambert impacted your thinking about the role of relationships in the classroom?

Grad Student & Postdoc Needs Assessment Survey

We appreciate you taking the time to provide your valuable insight!
 

The UC Davis Center for Educational Effectiveness (CEE) is gathering information to help us determine how we can best support UC Davis graduate students and postdocs in their teaching. The information you provide will inform CEE’s efforts to provide programming that supports effective learning and teaching at UC Davis.

SEISMIC Overview

The SEISMIC Collaboration is a collection of educators, researchers, students, student support staff, and more who work in higher education and have seen the persistent problem of inequity and non-inclusion in STEM education. For more check out: https://www.seismicproject.org/