Assessment Of Student Learning And Developing
Learning Pedagogy In Penalty Free Environment
CGS Grant Project Fall 2014
Anley E. Tefera
Nov 20, 2015
Course overview
Course Design
120 students
2day/week 1.5 hours each
10 homework assignments (20%)
Two mid semester exams (30%)
One material essay (10%)
One final exam (40%).
24 students
1day/week 3 hours
5 such sessions (2 are mine)
Discus concepts and solve practice problems
Not mandatory
Nothing is graded
Course Learning outcomes
Teaching Project Aims
• Evaluate the contribution of lab sessions towards
student learning
• Explore teaching pedagogy to increase student
learning in penalty free environment
Teaching methods
cooperative work and Instantaneous feedbacks increase retention
Introduce
Individual
/Small group
Whole Class
Lab quiz/ Lab
homework
Start of next
session
Teaching method’s emphasis
Quiz Design
Comprehensive
HW to increase connecting the dot
Aid for next review
Grading
Two mid semester exams (30%)
One final exam (40%).
10 HW (20%)
One material essay
Results
Results
Results
Results
Exam scores
Quiz completion
#correct answers
Methodical approach
Participation
Discussions
Acknowledgments