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Classroom Assessment Techniques

Classroom Assessment Techniques
Lee Haugen Center for Teaching Excellence, Iowa State University February, 1999 What are CATs? Classroom Assessment Techniques are formative evaluation methods that serve two purposes. Formative Evaluations Formative evaluations provide information that can be used to improve course content, methods of teaching, and, ultimately, student learning. How do CATs improve teaching and learning? When CATS are used frequently, they can have the following impacts: For faculty, CATs can: provide day-to-day feedback that can be applied immediately; provide useful information about what students have learned without the amount of time required for preparing tests, reading papers, etc.; allow you to address student misconceptions or lack of understanding in a timely way; help to foster good working relationships with students and encourage them to understand that teaching and learning are on-going processes that require full participation. For students, CATs can:

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CETLA | Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, & Assessment Since "peer review" is a pillar of academe, any comprehensive evaluation of teaching will include input from colleagues, especially when content expertise is required. Therefore, peer review is essential for evaluating a faculty member's professional development as well as syllabi, exams, and other aspects of instructional design and assessment. Peer review can also contribute to the evaluation of instructional delivery when the class observation methods are valid and reliable. However, Arreola (2000) argues that peers should not form "an overarching peer evaluation committee" that reviews all of the evidence from the faculty member, students, and colleagues and issues a recommendation about the faculty member's overall performance (p. 91). Not only is such a process extraordinarily time-consuming, but, Arreola points out, studies suggest that it produces unreliable results. Evaluating Course Materials In his book Evaluating Faculty for Promotion and Tenure, R. "INTASC Rubric."

Strategies | Three-Minute Pause Strategies for Reading ComprehensionThree-Minute Pause[as modeled by Jay McTighe] What Is a Three-Minute Pause?At a wonderful workshop on the backwards design planning process (as suggested by Ralph Tyler and further developed by Grant Wiggins), Jay McTighe incorporated a Three-Minute Pause as a break in large sections of content. The Three-Minute Pause provides a chance for students to stop, reflect on the concepts and ideas that have just been introduced, make connections to prior knowledge or experience, and seek clarification. How Does It Work? 2) Add Your Own Thoughts. 3) Pose Clarifying Questions. Why Should I Take the Time for a 3-Minute Pause? The Three-Minute Pause has been around for a while, and it's taken a lot of different forms. Download and Print: 3-Minute Pause (blackline master for overhead transparency) © 1998-present by Raymond C.

Testing 65 Constructing Balanced Classroom Tests This file should be read in conjunction with the discussion of alternative assessment. Pencil-and-paper classroom tests should be only one component of assessment strategies. The principle of balance Any classroom test is effectively a random sample of what students know and don't know, can and cannot do. Many classroom tests are biased, or unbalanced, in one or more of the following ways: testing only memory, recall, simple association, or simple one-step reasoning including only questions of one level of difficulty testing only verbal or mathematical forms of reasoning using only multiple-choice items I recommend that classroom tests aim to be balanced in each of these ways: Teacher judgment is required to decide what proportions of these various possibilities provide the most reasonably balanced test for a particular curriculum and population of students. Some general guidelines: Secrets of writing effective multiple-choice items

Pédagogie universitaire – Enseigner et Apprendre en Enseignement Supérieur CIIA: Teaching and Learning Resources - Teaching Tips home > resources: teaching_tips Center for Instructional Innovation and Assessment - Western Washington University's Teaching and Learning Center Center for Instructional Innovation and Assessment Home | Contact | Help | Suggest T & L Resources Assessment & Outcomes Campus Resources Copyright & Plagiarism Creative Commons and Public Domain Funding Opportunities Instructional Technologies Lending Library Online Video Modules Portfolios Quantitative & Symbolic Reasoning Quick-Start Essentials Scholarship of T & L Teaching Tips T & L Centers Videos Writing Resources Teaching Tips Overview See also: Online Teaching Handbook Our Teaching Tips pages include web-based resources on course design, instructional planning, and teaching strategies in the following categories: See also Writing Resources

Strategies | Think-Pair-Share Strategies for Reading ComprehensionThink-Pair-Share[Lyman, 1981] What Is Think-Pair-Share?Think-Pair-Share is a cooperative discussion strategy developed by Frank Lyman and his colleagues in Maryland. It gets its name from the three stages of student action, with emphasis on what students are to be DOING at each of those stages. How Does It Work?1) Think. 2) Pair. 3) Share. Why Should I Use Think-Pair-Share? Because of the first stage, when students simply THINK, there is Wait Time: they actually have time to think about their answers. © 1998-present by Raymond C.

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