Following up on her recent ACS presentation, Beverly Meinzer shares her journey from lecture-driven to student-centered, explaining the specific ways she has adjusted her approach to engage students. Shifts include recognizing students’ needs for more affordable course materials, positive reinforcement for their efforts, mobile-friendly tech for in-class problem-solving, and empathy for the challenges they face outside the classroom.

Let's unlock the full impact of assessments! This presentation explains how we can go beyond the usual ‘assessment OF learning.’ By creating contextualized applications, we can improve student understanding, and by introducing metacognitive processes, we can develop lifelong learning capabilities.