CTSI ACUE-Certified Faculty Lunchtime Series: Assessing to Inform Instruction & Promote Learning

Facilitator: Alexander Rennet, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream & Faculty Advisor (MATH), Mathematical and Computational Sciences, UTM

Join U of T faculty graduates of the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) Effective Teaching Practices course (ACUE-Certified Faculty) as they share insights from the 25 modules they completed over several months. They implemented, reimagined, and extended evidence-based teaching practices to support their teaching, learning and student success at U of T. This Series invites participants to hear from these instructors: their reflections upon what they have learned, and practical examples and tips informed by evidence-based strategies. Facilitators will engage in discussions on sharing these approaches into one’s current practice.

In this session Professor Alex Rennet will discuss some carefully designed new online assessments introduced throughout a first-year mathematics course at UTM aimed at improving students’ *mathematical* reading and writing skills.  Prior to a recent redesign, these skills were expected but neither taught, nor explicitly communicated to students.  But as part of the course redesign, they have communicated the centrality of these outcomes and have steadily introduced more components that target them, including these new assessments. Alex will share lessons learned along the way, including through some research studying the redesign.