”As the student accommodates this new learning into their LTM, then the complexity of the next task can be increased. As Ericsson and Kintsch (1995)
Category: exam performance
Rubric Design – the great balancing act
I’ve written before about rubrics in higher education, and the need for pragmatism in weighing up their costs vs their benefits. Critics of rubrics cite
To Rubric, or Not to Rubric
Discussions around rubrics are not new. Over the past few years, the pedagogy of rubrics has enjoyed acclaim and notoriety in equal measure. A paper
Thoughts on Learning Design, as seen from the shoulders of giants
To me, learning design is the deliberate and precise creation and arrangement of content, instruction, the learning space and student engagement. A design is necessary
TRAINING STUDENTS FOR ONLINE EXAMS REDUCES COGNITIVE OVERLOAD
Teaching to the test doesn’t work. But teaching students about the test is imperative. Not only that, exam performance IS a thing, and you can
Is it even possible to set an online open book mathematics exam?
When trying to offer advice on how to modify exams for the coming semester exams, some subjects have presented with unique issues. Mathematics, for example,
LEARNING DESIGN by Paul G Moss 