Creative writing assignments can better reach students with differing learning styles. The incorporation of creative writing exercises into introductory chemistry courses and their effects on student performance will be described.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. Creative writing is an effective way to cement understanding of chemistry concepts; 2. Engaging in creative writing leads to better exam performance; and 3. Creative writing exercises increase critical-thinking skills.

SPEAKERS:
Donald Carpenetti (Craven Community College: New Bern, NC)

The presenters will report success from implementing weekly graded coloring assignments in Anatomy and Physiology I.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. Coloring positively influenced student performance on the laboratory mid-term and final; and 2. Students reported increased relaxation and motivation by regularly coloring.

SPEAKERS:
Cheston Saunders (Southeastern Community College: Whiteville, NC)

Discover several strategies for developing well-written multiple-choice questions that can assess higher levels of Bloom’s taxonomy.

TAKEAWAYS:
1. Multiple-choice exams can assess higher-order cognitive skills and increase student learning gains; 2. Developing these types of multiple-choice questions is easier than you might think; and 3. Our higher-order multiple-choice questions are practically "Google proof,” making them ideal for online exams.

SPEAKERS:
Tarren Shaw (The University of Oklahoma: Norman, OK), Donald French (Oklahoma State University: Stillwater, OK)

Storytelling highlights student cultural wealth. Students create story videos that connect their pandemic experiences with evidence from their analysis of racial inequities in COVID-19 cases.

TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will: 1. see how to scaffold assignments from data analysis to digital story creation; 2. create their own mini digital story about their pandemic experience; and 3. learn how to demonstrate that arguing from statistical evidence can provide an "academic grounding" for discussion of systemic racism.

SPEAKERS:
Scott Benjamin (Bunker Hill Community College: Charlestown, MA)

We present quantitative and qualitative aspects of student affective factors, values, and skills gained from a CURE utilizing a masked, in-person poster presentation

TAKEAWAYS:
1. Attendees will learn how a return to post-COVID science communication experiences impact students’ science attitudes; 2. Attendees will learn how students who present in a masked, in-person poster session perceive its value and their skills gained from the process; and 3. Attendees who are interested in implementing, or currently using, CUREs, will learn general practitioner recommendations based on our findings.

SPEAKERS:
Austin Leone (Oklahoma State University: Stillwater, OK), Donald French (Oklahoma State University: Stillwater, OK)