The TMSL Center for Pedagogy and the Assessment Department jointly sponsor faculty workshops and teaching forums featuring our own faculty and nationally recognized experts on teaching and assessment. Past teaching forum topics have included the following:
The Assessment Spectrum: Moving from Assessment of Student Work to Program and Institutional Assessment
Enhancing Student Learning Through Academic Support, Tutorials, and Faculty Enhancement Grants
Bridging the Gap between Law School and the Bar Examination: Using Best Practices to Help Your Students Prepare for the Texas Bar Examination
Bridging the Gap between Law School and the Bar Examination: Teaching Substance and Skills in the Core Curriculum to Help Your Students Prepare for the MPT
Teaching to Make a Difference: How to Write Measureable Student Learning Outcomes
Teaching to Make a Difference: How to Write Formative Measurements that Link to Bar Performance
Teaching to Make a Difference: Connecting Pedagogy and Assessment
Law School Assessment
The TMSL program of teaching enrichment grants encourages TMSL professors to augment and improve classroom teaching by implementing best educational practices in pedagogy and assessment. Grant applicants are requested to identify student learning outcomes for each course, utilize formative and summative assessment, and make findings regarding student achievement of learning outcomes. The Assessment Department and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs collaborate to evaluate the impact of the grant program.
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(713) 313-1146