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Workshop FacilitatorsFor this hands-on Teaching

Professor workshop, Magnaintroduces a powerhouse team ofpresenters who are experts in gradingand assessment.

Linda Suskie Virginia JohnsonAnderson

Cambridge, MassachusettsThe on-site location for this workshop

is the Courtyard by Marriott Boston-Cambridge, Massachusetts. You couldn’task for a better time or place for thisevent: the cradle of American highereducation during the height of the fallfoliage season!

Good grading and good teaching go hand in hand.Join us at the fall workshop:

Using Grading Strategiesto Understand and ImproveStudent LearningIf you haven’t taken a fresh look at

your assessment strategies recently, it’slikely that you’re missing somepowerful ways to improve your coursesand deepen the caliber of learning thattakes place in your classroom.This is a concentrated two-day

workshop designed to provide you withnew tools and insights for redesigning

your assessment strategies. Enhance allof your coursework through themasterful and intentional use ofimproved assessments.The goal is for you to walk away

with an individualized action plan forimproving your assessment plan andimplementing it within yourcurriculum.

“You have that unique capacity tomake assessment, which to manyof us is confusing and scary, intosomething understandable andmanageable.”

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This fast-paced workshop will be alively combination of interactive

presentations, discussions, small-groupbreakout exercises, and time forindividual reflection and planning.

Day 1 — October 12•Welcome, Overview, and Logistics• Linking Grading and Good Teaching•What Do You Most Want YourStudents to Learn?

•How Do Students Learn?• Lunch•Creating Purposeful LearningOpportunities

•Researching Student Learning inYour Classes

•Reflective Writing

Day 2 — October 13•Review and Reflection•Multiple Choice Tests•Rubrics, Rating Scales, and ScoringGuides

•Getting Students to Work Harder andYou to Work Less

•Defining Success• Lunch•Using the Information You Collect asYou Grade to Improve Teaching andLearning

•Reflection and Next Steps

Agenda

Workshop Pricing Per PersonPostmarked on or before

9/28/20121 person ................................$1,2992 to 4 people..........................$1,1995 or more people....................$1,099On-site registration after 9/28/2012:

$1,499

This exclusive workshop will cover:• Improving student learning

outcomes• Crafting effective assessment tools,

including assignments, scoringguides, and multiple-choice tests

• Examining results and using themto improve teaching and learning

• Articulating what you most wantstudents to learn

• Researching student learning inyour classes

Participants will learn how to:• Include research-based teaching

methods in your classes• Access the latest scholarship on

assessment and pedagogy• Use collected grading information

to develop better teachingstrategies

• Develop an action plan of stepsyou can take to understand andimprove student learning

“Great job! Well organized and small group discussions fit in well and wereproductive in getting points of presentation across.”