Southwest Florida Symposium on Teaching and Learning

A huge thank you to Bill, Jackie, and everyone at Florida Gulf Coast University and Florida SouthWestern State College for inviting me to open your Symposium, and thanks to all in attendance for playing along! As promised, here are my Continue reading Southwest Florida Symposium on Teaching and Learning

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 Continue reading Presenting on Two-Stage Exams at the IUT Conference

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 Continue reading Presenting on Two-Stage Tests at the STLHE Conference

Two-Stage Exam: Introduction and Resources

Time to dive in! After thinking about them for a long time, this term I’m converting my exams into two-stage exams. Step 1. I shorten the exam so it’s doable in about 2/3 of the testing time slot. Step 2. Students write the exam Continue reading Two-Stage Exam: Introduction and Resources