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. |