Assessment+Strategies


 * Think-Pair-Share**: What does assessment and evaluation and grading mean to me/us?

"We should be measuring what kids can do with knowledge, not how many right answers they can give to questions." Seymour Papert
 * Agree/Disagree (Thumbs Up/ Thumbs Down)**: Do you agree or disagree with the following quote?

In their book //[|Effective Grading]//, Walvoord and Anderson (1998) offer six guidelines for creating assignments worth grading that are useful to keep in mind as you design your own assessments:
 * 1) Begin by considering what you want your students to learn.
 * 2) Select tests and assignments that both teach and test the learning you value most.
 * 3) Construct a course outline that shows the nature and sequence of major tests and assignments.
 * 4) Check that the tests and assignments fit your learning goals and are feasible in terms of workload.
 * 5) Collaborate with your students to set and achieve goals.
 * 6) Give students explicit directions for their assignments.

[|National Institute of Science Education Field Tested Learning Assessment Guide] (FLAG) The FLAG offers classroom assessment techniques and tools for instructors who want to explore new approaches to evaluation/assessment. Each of these have been developed, tested, and refined in college and university classrooms.
 * Independent or Partner Exploration:** Explore FLAG and jot down a few treasures on your **Sticky Notes** to add to our Wiki

**Classroom Assessment Techniques**: These are short, ungraded, in-class activities (such as [|Chain Notes, Minute Papers, Muddiest Point]) used to provide feedback about your students' learning and to help students self-assess their learning. Our very own... [|CTL Evaluation of Student Learning] [|National Teaching and Learning Forum] [|University of Hawaii Classroom Assessment Techniques]

Linking Objectives, learning activities and assessment: See the clear, concise chart on [|Assessment] link from Deirdre Bonnycastle, University of Saskatchewan Medical Education Site.

[|Evaluating Student Learning] (Ohio State)

[|University of Maryland Teaching Resource Guide]: An excellent pdf resource for many instructional strategies & assessment strategies

Rubrics: Here are a few online treasures... Article: [|A Rubric for Scoring Postsecondary Academic Skills]

[|Rubrics for Assessment] [|Rubric Template] (from SanDiego University) - Create your own rubric using this template. NEA Higher Education [|'The Do-It-Yourself' Rubric'] [|Introduction to Rubrics] - check out the collection of rubric samples (created by University of Alabama faculty) and rubric frameworks


 * //Be sure to check the University of Regina's [|CTL (Centre for Teaching and Learning)]website for more assessment strategies and resources.//**