LT Final Exams by Andrew Stephens https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te 1. What worked about the structure last year? 2. What didn't work? 3. Keep or change structure? Suggestions? en-us 2017-10-12 02:42:28 UTC 2017-10-12 15:23:08 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. astephens14 https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196266848 What worked? ]]> 2017-10-12 02:46:08 UTC https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196266848 2. astephens14 https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196266892 What didn't work? ]]> 2017-10-12 02:46:40 UTC https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196266892 3. astephens14 https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196266916 Keep/Change
Suggestions: ]]> 2017-10-12 02:46:57 UTC https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196266916 Decreased student stress during final exam week(s) https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196422145 2017-10-12 13:48:28 UTC https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196422145 Students attending class after taking final exam https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196462242 2017-10-12 14:50:33 UTC https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196462242 Students having exams spread over 5 days, 1 exam per day. https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196462559 2017-10-12 14:51:03 UTC https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196462559 Keep final exams organized by dept (for test security). https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196463101 2017-10-12 14:51:51 UTC https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196463101 Some teachers planned good activities for post-exam-afternoons but students didn't come. https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196464167 2017-10-12 14:53:29 UTC https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196464167 https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196467361 Teachers stressed about what to do with time after exams and the accountability for students who did not attend.

]]> 2017-10-12 14:58:27 UTC https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196467361 More equitable in terms of demands on staff across the school. https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196467922 2017-10-12 14:59:26 UTC https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196467922 Yes, keep the exams organized by department--please! https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196468246

]]> 2017-10-12 14:59:55 UTC https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196468246 seemed to decrease requests for early/late finals? https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196469209 2017-10-12 15:01:42 UTC https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196469209 The idea of having class after a final really stressed some teachers. In retrospect it was probably not a great use of instructional/educational time. amoran9 https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196469545 2017-10-12 15:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196469545 Agree about department finals being administered at the same time https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196469662 2017-10-12 15:02:25 UTC https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196469662 The change in schedule/process gave teachers "permission" to approach finals in a different way, with a different perspective which was positive. amoran9 https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196470045 2017-10-12 15:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196470045 Watch out for this: there's a no-homework religious holiday during the likely final exam days. https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196471283 2017-10-12 15:05:40 UTC https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196471283 On average, more time for teachers to grade the exams. https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196471547 2017-10-12 15:06:05 UTC https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196471547 Have tests given by block so that tests are administrated by their own teacher and equity of grading timeline for each department https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196471641 2017-10-12 15:06:15 UTC https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196471641 agree: Have tests administered by block and administrated by the teacher https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196473111 2017-10-12 15:09:01 UTC https://padlet.com/astephens14/uy163hbgd9te/wish/196473111