Brain Gains: How do you know if students are learning? How do students know if they are learning?

How do you balance innovation and tradition in engineering education? In this episode of Coach’s Corner, Assistant Teaching Professor Olivia Burnsed shares her journey to revolutionizing assessments in biomedical engineering. From experimenting with flipped and hybrid classrooms to crafting targeted, real-time feedback systems, Olivia reveals how formative assessments can foster critical thinking and genuine learning.

Curious about how to adapt your teaching style to better meet students where they are while staying ahead in an evolving educational landscape? Don’t miss this engaging and insightful episode!

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Relevant Resources: Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATS): https://lth.engineering.asu.edu/2023/01/cats/ Classroom Response Systems and Polling (Active Learning Strategy): https://lth.engineering.asu.edu/2023/04/crs-and-polling/ Backwards Design: https://lth.engineering.asu.edu/2023/10/backward-design/ Blooms Taxonomy: https://lth.engineering.asu.edu/2023/07/blooms-taxonomy/