Impacts on Student Achievement from Mastery Assessment and Course Redesign

Abstract: Mathematics courses have traditionally been characterized by impersonal instruction and assessment centered on timed, high-stakes exams; as a result, they have traditionally failed to promote the success of all students taking the courses. In this talk we describe a course redesign of our introductory courses to focus instruction on the success of all students and to restructure assessment to reduce the weight of timed, high-stakes exams by adding repeatable mastery assessment. Initial evaluation of the impact of these changes suggests that they are having a positive effect on all students' success, and are reducing achievement gaps between different student groups.

mathematics education

Audience: researchers in the topic

Online Seminar On Undergraduate Mathematics Education

Series comments: Description: Seminar on university-level math education

OLSUME is an online seminar centered on mathematics education at the university level. Talks will cover curriculum, pedagogy, inclusiveness, professional development, blended and flipped classrooms, and other topics of interest.

ZOOM LINK: cornell.zoom.us/j/92415199317 Password: olsume