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Start with backward design

Home / Teaching guides / Course design Teaching guide · Course design Start with backward design Plan your course from outcomes, not from the materials you happen to have. It is tempting to plan a course by gathering materials: last term’s slides, the readings, a few activities. A course built that way answers the question “what will we cover?” The question …

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Build your course map

Home / Teaching guides / Course design Teaching guide · Course design Build your course map Lay out the whole term on one page before you build anything. A course map is a simple table you fill in before building anything. Rows are your weeks or units. Columns are the topic, the objective it serves, the assessment that checks it, and the materials students…

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Handle disruption and difficult moments

Home / Teaching guides / Classroom management Teaching guide · Classroom management Handle disruption and difficult moments Respond to friction in ways that keep the class on track. Small disruptions handled early rarely become big ones. A calm, private word after class is usually more effective than a public confrontation, which can escalate and cost you…

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Formative and summative assessment

Home / Teaching guides / Assessment and feedback Teaching guide · Assessment and feedback Formative and summative assessment Use low-stakes checks to guide learning, not just high-stakes grades. Summative assessment measures learning at the end of something: a final, a project, a paper. Formative assessment checks learning along the way so you and your…

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Multiple ways to engage and represent

Home / Teaching guides / Universal Design for Learning Teaching guide · Universal Design for Learning Multiple ways to engage and represent Concrete ways to offer more than one path into the material. Representation means not relying on a single format. Pair a reading with a short video or a diagram, provide a captioned recording alongside a live lecture,…

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Set norms and expectations

Home / Teaching guides / Classroom management Teaching guide · Classroom management Set norms and expectations Establish how the class will work before problems arise. Most classroom-management problems are prevented in week one, not solved in week ten. State plainly how the class will run: how to participate, how to reach you, what respectful discussion…

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Rubrics and feedback that improve learning

Home / Teaching guides / Assessment and feedback Teaching guide · Assessment and feedback Rubrics and feedback that improve learning Make expectations explicit and feedback usable. A rubric is a small grid of criteria and levels that says, up front, what good work looks like. Sharing it with the assignment helps students aim correctly and helps you grade…

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Structure a class session

Home / Teaching guides / Planning a session Teaching guide · Planning a session Structure a class session A simple, repeatable shape for a productive class. A reliable session has three parts. Open by connecting to prior learning and naming the day’s goal, so students know why they are there. In the middle, alternate short bits of delivery with active…

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Build a supportive class climate

Home / Teaching guides / Reaching every student Teaching guide · Reaching every student Build a supportive class climate Students who feel they belong learn and participate more. Students do their best work when they feel they belong in the room and that you expect them to succeed. Small things build that climate: learning names, being approachable,…

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Why active learning works

Home / Teaching guides / Active learning Teaching guide · Active learning Why active learning works The evidence for getting students to do, not just listen. Decades of research across fields point the same way: students learn more when they actively work with material than when they only watch it presented. Lecturing has its place for framing and…

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Accessibility as a quality standard

Home / Course quality guides / Accessibility and improvement Course quality guide · Accessibility and improvement Accessibility as a quality standard Accessibility is a core quality standard in every major framework. Every major quality framework treats accessibility as a core standard, not an add-on. A quality course is usable by every student: real…

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Check that assessments measure your objectives

Home / Course quality guides / Alignment Course quality guide · Alignment Check that assessments measure your objectives Confirm that every assessment measures an objective, and every objective is measured. With your objectives in hand, check the assessments against them. Two questions do most of the work. First, does each assessment measure a stated…

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Check your objectives

Home / Course quality guides / Alignment Course quality guide · Alignment Check your objectives Quality starts with objectives that are measurable, visible, and worth aiming at. Review your learning objectives first, since everything else aligns to them. Quality objectives use observable verbs you can assess, avoid vague verbs like understand or know, and…

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Feedback quality

Home / Course quality guides / Assessment and feedback Course quality guide · Assessment and feedback Feedback quality Quality feedback is timely, specific, and usable by students. Feedback is part of course quality, and it is often where good courses fall short. Quality feedback is timely enough that students can use it on the next attempt, specific enough …

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Online structure, navigation, and getting started

Home / Course quality guides / Online deep-dive Course quality guide · Online deep-dive Online structure, navigation, and getting started Online, structure, navigation, and a clear start carry weight they do not in person. Online, your course site is the course, so its structure and navigation are quality issues in their own right. Review whether a student…

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The major quality frameworks

Home / Course quality guides / What quality means Course quality guide · What quality means The major quality frameworks You do not have to invent quality standards. Established frameworks already define them. You do not have to define quality from scratch. Several well-established frameworks already do. Quality Matters (QM) is a widely used set of eight…

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Why online courses need their own review

Home / Course quality guides / Online deep-dive Course quality guide · Online deep-dive Why online courses need their own review Online courses carry quality dimensions that in-person courses handle in the room. Everything so far applies to any course, but online courses carry extra quality dimensions that in-person courses handle implicitly in the room.…

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Course quality guides

Home / Course catalog / Course quality guides Course quality guides Course quality guides Every topic from the course, as a standalone reference. Search or filter to find exactly what you need. Want the full path and a certificate? Take the course. AllWhat quality meansAlignmentClarity and usabilityAssessment and feedbackAccessibility and improvementOnline…

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Kansas Economics Poster Contest (K-8)

Sponsored by the Kansas Securities Commissioner, a Division of the Kansas Department of Insurance 18 Winners Chosen Each Year! No student is too young to learn basic economic concepts! And, we can’t think of a better way to teach these youngsters than through an engaging learning exercise. Give your students an opportunity to illustrate their understanding…

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Curriculum

KCEE is affiliated with the Council for Economic Education (CEE), the premier resource for economic and financial literacy resources for K-12 educators. CEE lessons use activities, multimedia content and background readings to give your students an applied, hands-on experience that is classroom tested. Drawing on the expertise of university professors, CEE…

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