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Lia M Daniels, Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta

Rethinking how we assess students could improve their well-being

When you were in school, what stressed you out the most? For many students, classroom assessments — graded tests, quizzes, group work, presentations, labs and the like — would be near the top of the list.

Like decades of research before it, the research my students and I have been doing continues to show that classroom assessment is a persistent source of social pressure and general unhappiness for post-secondary students.

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