Tag Archives | assessment

Cultivate Good Study Habits: Helping Students Prep for Exams

By ACERT
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Tuesday
Oct 20, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Online - Please register

Cultivate Good Study Habits: Helping Students Prep for Exams

Presenter(s): TBD

Presenters share strategies for guiding students to study effectively. [Details...]

Intro to Equity in Grading Practices

By ACERT
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Thursday
Oct 15, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Intro to Equity in Grading Practices

Presenter(s): Gina Riley and Christina Katopodis (ACERT)

This workshop satisfies a requirement for the ACERT Equity in Grading Practices Explorer badge (forthcoming in January 2027). [Details...]

AI and Grading Rubrics: Saving Time, Strengthening Assessment

By ACERT
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Tuesday
Oct 13, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Online - Please register

AI and Grading Rubrics: Saving Time, Strengthening Assessment

Presenter(s): Renee Schaller (English); Justin Tricarico (CDLIP); Kenny Hirschmann (Frankfort Center for Learning and Scholarly Technologies);

Join Hunter faculty colleagues for a practical discussion of how GenAI can help create rubrics that make assessment faster and easier to manage and help make expectations clearer and more consistent for students. [Details...]

ACERT Connections | March 26, 2018

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Thoughts on Pedagogy and OER Development: A Faculty-Driven Approach

By ACERT
Topics : Open Educational Resources, Pedagogy

Madeline Cohen, Assistant Professor and Head of Reference at Leonard Lief Library at Lehman College, summarizes a recent ACERT Lunchtime Seminar, and gives her take on the future of OER.

Evidence-Based Instruction: Emerging Best Practices for Effective Teaching & Learning

By ACERT
Topics : Assessment, Course design, Discussion, Pedagogy, Rich media & presentation tools

Wednesday
Oct 4, 2017
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
1203 HE

Evidence-Based Instruction: Emerging Best Practices for Effective Teaching & Learning

Presenter(s): Manashi Chatterjee (Chemistry)

This TSC will consist of a series of workshops in which we will discuss the development of engaging classroom activities. During this series, we will discuss and explore teaching strategies that have been shown to lead to increased student interest, more active student participation, and better faculty teacher evaluations. [Details...]

Assess It! | May 17, 2017

Chalkboard filled with handwritten physics and math equations, including “E = 1/2 mv²” and “T = 2π√(m/K),” surrounded by symbols and diagrams.

Diagnoses from the Quantitative Reasoning Fellows

By ACERT and Robert Cowan
Topics : Assess student work, Assessment, Identify outcomes, Map to assessments

At the May 3, 2017 Assessment Breakfast, Hunter’s 2016-17 Quantitative Reasoning Fellows (QRFs), Ernesto Garcia, Richard Gustavson, and Rachel Perlin presented “Using Diagnostic Exams to Run Semester-Long Assessment.”

Assess It! | November 10, 2016

Illustration showing the word “PLAN A” with “A” crossed out and replaced by alternative letters, suggesting backups or multiple plans.

Assessment is collaborative: Librarians and compositions work together to assess student’s research projects

By ACERT and Stephanie Margolin
Topics : Assess student work, Assessment, Map to assessments

Library instruction can be different from other college teaching. At the same time, librarians are urged to prove our impact. But how, in this model, do we measure our impact? What does successful library instruction look like?

Assess It! | October 27, 2016

Close-up of a notebook page with a pen resting on top, suggesting writing or note-taking.

Reflection: “Rubrics: An Undervalued Teaching Tool”

By ACERT and Nikki Nagler
Topics : Assess student work, Assessment

Creating a well thought-out, comprehensive rubric takes work; but the effort is worth it. Rubrics, when used correctly, have a number of benefits. They have been shown to help students become more aware of their learning process and progress, improve student performance, and help instructors quickly and consistently assess assignments from student to student.