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SUMMARY:lunch&LEARN: Is it possible to teach a first year subject in a mor
 e inclusive way? Our experience in Linear Algebra
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DESCRIPTION:Simone Deparis\, Roland Tormey\, Himanshu Verma\, Cécile Hard
 ebolle\nHow can a course assessment be structured to ensure that it accura
 tely assess whether or not students learned the things the course aimed to
  teach? The timing of assessment can impact on this question in at least t
 wo ways\; first\, if students perceive the time for assessment to be short
 \, then assessment anxiety may impact negatively on their performance. Sec
 ond\, where students have to perform under time pressure this may assess t
 heir fluency with content rather than their understanding of the material\
 , and – since fluency will normally not be developed over the period a s
 emester – time-limited examinations may actually end up assessing the pr
 ior knowledge of students (knowledge students had before starting the se
 mester) more than assessing the understanding they developed during the 
 semester.\nWe present a comparison on the exam attainment in the Falls of 
 2018 and 2019 in Linear Algebra\, whose exam was shortened between the two
  years\, without shortening the contents. Overall\, the grades became bett
 er\, as expected\; however we also noted that students with a lower backgr
 ound in maths and physics were able to catch up with those with a stronger
  one.\n\nInterested? Watch it here: https://mediaspace.epfl.ch/media/0_e74
 8rhr7 \n--------------------------\nThe lunch&LEARN series was created by
  the Center LEARN to stimulate the exchange between learning science resea
 rchers and everyone at EPFL interested in teaching. Our sessions seek to e
 ither translate learning research into teaching practice or provide eviden
 ce and insights from teaching practice. Video recordings and slides from p
 revious sessions can be found here. During this COVID-19 impacted period\,
  we turned it into a remote coffee&LEARN.
LOCATION:https://tube.switch.ch/videos/060hwg6nQS
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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