| 1. |
Use low-stakes testing. |
| 2. |
Do not grade on a curve. |
| 3. |
Allow for flexibility in student assignments. |
| 4. |
Promote multiculturalism in your classes. |
| 5. |
Upload syllabi on a departmental website before registration begins so that students can do “syllabus shopping”. |
| 6. |
Use closed captioning. |
| 7. |
Increase social belonging by making sure students know each other and informing them that social difficulties are common and transient. |
| 8. |
Learn your students’ names. |
| 9. |
Establish a social norm of inclusion. |
| 10. |
Include pictures of researchers when presenting empirical results. |
| 11. |
Make sure to make salient the utility value of the material that you are covering. |
| 12. |
Allow students to express what they value and why these values are important for them. |
| 13. |
Foster a “growth mindset” by presenting intelligence as malleable and improvable through work and effort. |
| 14. |
When doing group work in class, assign students to groups instead of letting students form their own groups. |
| 15. |
Make sure that students are mutually dependent on one another for success when working in groups. |
| 16. |
Don’t necessarily call on the first student who raises their hand. |
| 17. |
Never ask a student to speak as the representative of their social group. |
| 18. |
Abstain from using tests where speed is critical for success. |
| 19. |
Make sure to use unbiased exam questions and let students know that the exam questions they will encounter are unbiased. |
| 20. |
Provide motivating feedback. |
Source: Moreu, G. & Brauer, M. (2022). Inclusive teaching practices in post-secondary education: What instructors can do to reduce the achievement gap at U.S. colleges. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 34(1), 170-182.