Enhancing Learning with Low-Stakes Assessment and Mastery (Faculty Panel)

A panel of faculty from Math, Chemistry, and Neuroscience shared lessons learned when moving from a few high-stakes assessments (exams) to more frequent low-stakes assessments (quizzes) and, in one case, providing a mastery-based learning opportunity. Panelists discussed why they made the shift, how it worked, and what they planned to do next. 

Panel Members:

• Sonja Mapes, Associate Professor of the Practice, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Mathematics
• Rachel Branco, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Neuroscience & Behavior
• Kelley Young, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Moderator: G. Alex Ambrose, Notre Dame Learning’s Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence

Resources

Materials

• Slides
• Recording
• Sample course syllabi (from the panelists)

In the Library

• Effective grading: a tool for learning and assessment in college. Barbara E. Fassler Walvoord and Virginia Johnson Anderson. San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2010. LB 2368 .W35 2010

Online Resources