Grading
Grades are a fact of life, but they don’t have to be counterproductive educationally if students know what to expect. Here are some general suggestions...
Creating assessments that evaluate student learning in a way that doesn’t overwhelm the instructor challenges even the best teachers. Never fear, we’ve assembled great resources to help you think about student learning assessment in new ways.
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Formative Assessment
Formative assessment provides feedback for instructors and learners so they can make changes that improve learning. By conducting frequent and on-going assessment, you can make...
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Summative Assessment
Summative assessments evaluate student learning according to a benchmark. Formative vs. Summative Assessment Tests and Quizzes Many of us were educated on a model of...
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Assignments
All assignments require essential components to ensure that students and teachers understand not only the learning objective of the assignment, but the steps needed to...
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Rubrics
Rubrics provide structure and information that both students and faculty value. For students, rubrics take the guesswork out of how faculty evaluate their work. For...
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Student Presentations
Presentation skills are highly sought after in the workplace. They also add another tool for assessing student learning. Whether you are assigning a 3 minute...
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Beat the Cheat
January 30, 2018 Cheating happens. It happens online. It happens face-to-face. It happens at Ivy League Universities. It happens on tests. It happens on papers....
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Assessing Learning
Creating assessments that evaluate student learning in a way that doesn’t overwhelm the instructor challenges even the best teachers. We’ve assembled great resources to help...
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