MAJORS LEVEL REFLECTIONS ON MODULE DEVELOPMENT This work

MAJORS LEVEL- REFLECTIONS ON MODULE DEVELOPMENT This work is supported by the National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Education and Human Resources (TUES-1245025, IUSE 1612248, IUSE-1725347). Version: MM DD, YYYY Questions, contact education-AT-unavco. org

MAJORS LEVEL- REFLECTIONS ON MODULE DEVELOPMENT • Communication is critical – Need to establish regular schedule of communication in whatever format works for partners – Figure out how to work with partner’s personality/work habits • Establish a realistic schedule – The schedule should take into account your other commitments as well as your dependence on external factors (e. g. finding and establishing data sets) – The schedule need not be regular, but it needs to be followed • Remember to consider what other topics/approaches will be used within the course to ensure continuity – Consider sequencing of topics and skills that will be developed over the semester/quarter – Ask whether the module must be completed in a single project or whether it might be better integrated within other subjects/ techniques

MAJORS LEVEL- REFLECTIONS ON MODULE DEVELOPMENT (CONT. ) • Consider the time needed to achieve quality effort by the students – time needs to be factored into what can be accomplished if students are both creating data plots and interpreting them • Be realistic about the actual ability of upper level students – fundamental research skills most likely are minimally developed • Assessment rubrics need to contain sufficient details to provide guidance to the students – Holistic: set of descriptions used to assign a score to the whole – Analytic: Set of components that are independently evaluated (sum for score)