Registration Details
This half-day workshop is part of the GSA Short Course 4-Pack. For $35, select any two workshops from the four. Early registration ends on September 6. To sign up for a workshop, use the GSA meeting registration ( This site may be offline. ) .
519C. Retooling Your Geosciences Class: Strategies to Assess Learning and Improve Student Success
cosponsored by NAGT and the Geoscience Education Division of GSAOctober 8, 2011 - 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
Part of the GSA Short Course 4-Pack
Conveners: David McConnell, North Carolina State University and David Steer, University of Akron
Workshop description
This workshop teaches faculty to develop and use student-centered activities in predominately lecture classes in the geosciences. Many faculty are interested in such methods, but do not know how or where to begin. This half-day workshop will introduce faculty to a schema for developing formative assessment materials. Faculty will work in teams developing and reviewing exercises they can then use in their classes to gauge student levels of learning. Numerous examples will be discussed as will resources available on the Cutting Edge website. Participants will leave the workshop with the pedagogical foundation and in-class formative assessment resources they need to better engage their students and improve their learning.
Workshop Program
1:00 - 5:00 Morning workshops12:00 - 1:00 Lunch with other workshop groups (lunch is included with the workshop fee)
1:00 Workshop begins
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5:00 Workshop concludes