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Innovative Student Assignments
Is there life beyond midterms, finals, and the occasional group presentation? How does the proliferation of digital resources affect students’ research skills, and how can faculty encourage depth of knowledge in a world that prizes breadth of information? How do instructors design assignments that will enable students to develop true mastery and critical thought?
The resources below can support faculty in the process of developing innovative and challenging assignments for students, whether weekly homework or culminating exams.
- Concept Map
- Three-Column Organizer
- Leading Seminar Discussions
- Discussion Guide: Text Rendering
- Discussion Guide: Three Levels of Text
- Graphic Organizers for Deep Comprehension
- Promoting Deep Comprehension with Traditional and DigitalTexts
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