Practice as Performance: Helping Students Take Risks Without Raising the Stakes

Tuesday, September 8 at 12 PM ET

This is a free event, but seats may be limited.

Students need opportunities to try, miss, revise, and build confidence before the stakes are high, but in many courses, failure can feel too costly to be useful. In this webinar, expert instructors will share practical ways they create low-stakes moments for students to practice important skills before major assignments, exams, discussions, labs, or projects. You’ll explore how to help students see early attempts not as throwaway work, but as meaningful practice for the thinking and performance your course is designed to build. You’ll walk away with one assignment, exam skill, discussion, lab, or problem type redesigned into a “Practice as Performance” sequence, plus ideas from colleagues you can adapt for your own teaching context.

Practice as Performance: Helping Students Take Risks Without Raising the Stakes

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Jill Dahlman

Assistant Professor of English, California Northstate University

Dr. Jill Dahlman teaches Writing & Rhetoric face-to-face at a health-sciences-focused college where all students aim for healthcare careers. She partners with Lassen Volcanic National Park for authentic writing assignments. Jill also co-directs the Writing Center and the Media & Communication Studio to support student communication skills. Her courses use A Writer’s Reference with themed readers aligned to section goals.

Kiandra Johnson

Senior Instructor of Mathematics, Spelman College

Kiandra Johnson teaches face-to-face math with consistent active learning at a historic HBCU for women. She uses Achieve and iClicker with tools like ALEKS, WebAssign, and MyLab Math to meet students’ needs. Kiandra emphasizes inclusive, engaging problem solving and has experience in course redesign.

Marilyn Markel

Assistant Professor of Economics, Illinois College

Dr. Marilyn Markel teaches Economics at a liberal-arts institution that strongly supports experiential learning, internships, and study abroad. She emphasizes real-world applications, critical thinking, and hands-on learning across courses from intro to labor and development.

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Jill Dahlman

Assistant Professor of English, California Northstate University

Kiandra Johnson

Senior Instructor of Mathematics, Spelman College

Marilyn Markel

Assistant Professor of Economics, Illinois College

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