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Improving University Teaching Conference 2025

Posted on July 10, 2025 | Comments Off on Improving University Teaching Conference 2025

I’m delighted to be presenting a talk at the Improving University Teaching Conference in London UK. My talk title is Cultivating Researcher Identity and Importance of Positionality among Students in Quantitative Psychology Research Methods. Here are my slides, final edition (updated from the earlier version here): IUT Talk 2025 Cultivating Researcher Identity Rawn.TOPOST.FINAL

This talk is inspired by the conference subtheme Transformative Learning, and showcases my approach to teaching Research Methods, which I renewed in 2023. Specifically, the talk focuses on one assignment, Researcher Identity Integration Paper Instructions 2024 with Researcher Notes, from within this course Rawn Research Methods Syllabus 2024.

Looking forward to presenting, discussing, and writing more about this assignment and my students’ great work!

If you like this conference, come to Canada in June for the Society of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE)

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Presenting on Two-Stage Exams at the IUT Conference

Posted on July 24, 2019 | Comments Off on Presenting on Two-Stage Exams at the IUT Conference

I’m delighted to have presented today at the Improving University Teaching Conference in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany (www.iutconference.com).  The title of my talk was “Time for a Test! Two-Stage Tests enhance learning and bring laughter in classes of any size” Here’s a copy of my slides: Rawn Two-Stage Exams IUT July 2019 to post. Here is the handout: Rawn Two-Stage Exams IUT July 2019 demo handout. Thanks to everyone who came and played along!

Also, here is the blog post I wrote 5 years ago (including resources, video, and rationale) when I took the plunge into this testing technique.

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Presenting on Two-Stage Tests at the STLHE Conference

Posted on June 13, 2019 | Comments Off on Presenting on Two-Stage Tests at the STLHE Conference

I’m delighted to be presenting on Friday morning at the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education’s Annual Conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba (stlhe2019sapes.ca). The title of my talk is “Time for a Test! Two-Stage Tests enhance learning and bring laughter in classes of any size… and at STLHE?” Here’s a copy of my slides: Rawn Two-Stage Exams STLHE June 2019 to post v1. Here is the handout: Rawn Two-Stage Exams STLHE June 2019 demo handout

And here is the blog post I wrote 5 years ago (including resources and rationale) when I took the plunge into this testing technique.

Are you here at STLHE? The talk is 10:05-11:20am, Friday June 14, Room MR3. Are you *not* here at STLHE? Check out the action on Twitter!  #STLHE2019SAPES

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Presenting on Peer Assessment at the STP Conference

Posted on October 19, 2018 | Comments Off on Presenting on Peer Assessment at the STP Conference

I’m delighted to be presenting on Saturday morning at the Society for the Teaching of Psychology’s Annual Conference on Teaching in Phoenix, Arizona (https://teachpsych.org/conferences/act.php). The title of my talk is “Peer Assessment of writing in large classes: Reliability, validity, and improving student attitudes.” Here’s a copy of my slides:  RawnTalk_STP_2018. Here is the rubric/assignment handout I give to students that I reference in this talk: Writing to Learn Instructions for Students 2017.

Are you here at ACT? The talk is 10:30am, Saturday Oct 20, Room Crescent3. I’ve prepared more than I expect to discuss. Come with questions if you like so we can spend more time on what the group is most interested in discussing.

Are you *not* here at ACT? Check out the action on Twitter! #stp18act

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On Using Peer Assessments

Posted on May 12, 2016 | Comments Off on On Using Peer Assessments

Jenny Wong and Jason Myers at Arts ISIT interviewed me about my TLEF-funded project and general use of peer assessment in my classes. Here’s what I had to say: http://isit.arts.ubc.ca/catherine-rawn-uses-peer-assessments-to-encourage-peer-based-learning/. IMHO the most interesting idea was this:

The more we move towards peer anything, the university is going to have to collectively rethink the message that we send to students regarding who holds knowledge, who’s allowed to hold knowledge and who holds the most valuable knowledge and that’s not always the professor.

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