Using Learning Assistants in Oral Assessments
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Undergraduate Learning Assistants -- prepared to work productively with students -- have been used to facilitate ungraded, voluntary oral assessments offered prior to exams. Oral assessments last one hour, and are offered prior to the three course exams. Orals are geared to improve student understanding and allow instructors to work with students on an individual basis to address misunderstandings. Students attend oral assessments in groups of 5-6 and work at a board to answer scripted, conceptual questions. The facilitator asks the initial scripted questions as well as follow-up probing questions and encourages students to work together. Less
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Grade: Undergraduate to Graduate
Topics: Mathematics, History-Social Science, Economics, Professional Development
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- Teacher Materials
Tool for: Teachers