Year: 2023

Assessing Understanding

To prepare for formal assessments (quizzes, exams, presentations), it’s important to assess your own understanding throughout the semester. Self-checks on your learning, in which you assess your understanding of the material at specific points throughout the semester, look different depending on what you’re studying, but many of the guiding questions are the same regardless of the field. “What’s the big idea of the week/lecture/assignment?” is a great place to start your self-check, and then you can get more specific from there….Continue Reading Assessing Understanding

Accountability Groups for Graduate Students

A group of five students talk and look at a laptop together.

Joining an accountability group or forming one of your own is an effective strategy for getting writing done and for making progress on large projects. By meeting at set times and giving everyone a chance to report their progress and goals, accountability groups leverage social commitment, provide structure, and help ensure students focus on tasks they might otherwise avoid.  …Continue Reading Accountability Groups for Graduate Students