Document Type

Conference Presentation

Publication Date

5-30-2015

Department

Biology

Keywords

students, learning, metacognition, responsibility, self-perception, test-anxiety

Abstract

Allowing students to retake tests in groups provides them with the immediate opportunity to learn from their mistakes while improving their perceptions of a course. We explore Group Review Advancing Content/Concept Essentials (aka GRACE), a variation on group retesting, which creates a peer learning environment and emphasizes individual metacognition, concept articulation, and accountability. Through an interactive demonstration, we introduce the process, relate some of the literature-reported benefits of group retesting, and share our experiences using GRACE in a variety of disciplines at different course levels.

Comments

Research presentation given at the Teaching Professor Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, May 30, 2015.

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