Assessing Student Learning in a Rapidly Changing Environment: Laboratories and Exams

The purpose of this communication describe is to and document the. challenges of delivering a general chemistry laboratory experience to students and of moving toward multiple small assessments and away from high-stakes examinations. By leveraging of activities that were already in place prior to the pivot to online learning) namely) an electronic laboratory notebook through bluedoorlabs and assessments that emphasized student reasoning, these challenges were addressed. Herein our approach to providing a meaningful laboratory experience and lower-stakes assessments is described. On the basis of our experiences in Spring,2020 we look forward to the fall semester, where the university is committed to reopening in a dedensified fashion with students in classrooms and laboratories.