In my last video in this series, Dr. Susan Siena from the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs talks with me about moving from a few higher-stakes exams to more frequent, lower-stakes ones. Susan has evidence that students see better connections between exams and the course content, due to the more immediate assessments, and the number of D’s and F’s have gone down. The more frequent tests also allow students to learn about how to take an exam and improve their test-taking skills, an important factor in 100- and 200-level classes.
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