Assessment

=The Functions of Assessment=
 * 1) Formative assessment provides diagnostic feedback to students and instructors at short-term intervals (e.g., during a class or on a weekly basis)
 * 2) Summative assessment provides a description of students' level of attainment upon completion of an activity, module, or course
 * 3) Evaluative assessment provides instructors with curricular feedback (e.g., the value of a field trip or oral presentation technique)
 * 4) Educative assessment Integrated within learning activities themselves, educative assessment builds student (and faculty) insight and understandings about their own learning and teaching. In short, assessment IS a form of learning

Assessment Strategies

 * 1) Scoring Rubrics help students focus on content and Instructional Rubrics to guide them in developing presentations, written and oral reports.
 * 2) Concept Maps assist students in "seeing the big picture".
 * 3) Portfolios document student learning and improve student metacognition.
 * 4) Co-operative Learning: Assessment contains strategies that encourage peer-to-peer learning, individual and group grading.
 * 5) ConcepTests - Conceptual multiple-choice questions useful in large classes.
 * 6) Knowledge Survey - Students answer whether they could answer a survey of course content questions.
 * 7) Exams - Find tips on how to make exams better assessment instruments.
 * 8) Oral Presentations - Tips for evaluating student presentations.
 * 9) Peer Review - Having student assess themselves and each other.
 * 10) Written Reports - Tips for assessing written reports.
 * 11) Other Assessment Types including concept sketches, case studies, seminar-style courses, mathmatical thinking and performance assessments.

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