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'Reframing Testing as a Learning Experience' part 1 offered online Sept 18

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence will offer two free online workshops as parts of the “Reframing Testing as a Learning Experience” seminar. Faculty may register for and attend either one or both sessions.

"Reframing Testing as a Learning Experience — Part 1: Three Strategies for Use in the Classroom and at Home," will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 18.

In this workshop, facilitated by Yana Weinstein, three evidence-based strategies for teaching and learning and the research behind them will be presented: 1) spaced practice, 2) dual coding (combining words & visuals), and 3) retrieval practice (bringing information to mind). Participants will try out each strategy using an activity that they can later use with students, and, in groups, they will discuss the practical challenges to using the strategies and brainstorm solutions to those challenges.

This session will be repeated in person on Oct. 3 in 315 Rider Building, University Park.

"Reframing Testing as a Learning Experience — Part 2: Why are Students Sometimes Surprised by their Grades?" will be held from 12:30 to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 21.

In this workshop, facilitated by Yana Weinstein, the cognitive perspective on students’ self-evaluations of test performance will be presented, including discussions of the different types of self-evaluations students can make (predictions before the test, and postdictions after the test), the problem of overconfidence, and the difficulty of improving these judgments. The importance of question order on testing, how it can affect self-evaluations of test performance, and how during study it can affect the learning process will also be covered. 

This session will be repeated in person on Oct. 3 in 315 Rider Building, University Park.

To register and view these and other workshops offered by the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence go to: https://www.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/events?date=September.

 

Last Updated September 20, 2017