Category: Assessment for Math

Strategies for Giving Tests with Desmos Graphing Calculator

by busynessgirl | May 7, 2019 | Assessment for Math, Calculators, Teaching Math, Teaching Math Online | 0 |

Many of us (and our students) have fallen in love with the Desmos Graphing Calculator. Two...

Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast about ESIL Lens

by busynessgirl | Jan 17, 2019 | Assessment for Math, Future of Higher Ed, Future of Learning, Higher Education, Learning Design, Measuring Learning | 0 |

Back in December, I joined Bonni Stachowiak for an episode of Teaching in Higher Ed specifically...

Shifting Assessment in a World with WolframAlpha

by busynessgirl | Oct 12, 2010 | Assessment for Math, CAS, Find and Use Data, Teaching Math | 0 |

I let my students use Wolfram Alpha when they are in class and when they are doing their homework...

Help Students Pay Attention to Test Details

by busynessgirl | Oct 7, 2010 | Assessment, Assessment for Math, Math Study Skills, Teaching Math | 0 |

Students lose SO many exam points because they just don’t read the directions and pay...

A Better Mousetrap for Multiple-Choice Math Tests

by busynessgirl | Dec 19, 2007 | Algebra, Assessment for Math | 0 |

We’ve been having a rather spirited discussion in my department about a common final exam for one of the math courses, and the need for an easy-to-score learning assessment (i.e. multiple choice). The two biggest problems...