Classroom

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Seminar X

• Classroom
• Assessment
• Techniques

Ron Welch
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Classroom Assessment Techniques

• Youve seen several examples
• Muddiest Point Paper
• Preconception Check
• Minute Paper
• Approximate Analogy
• So what are they anyway?

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Types of Assessment

• Assessment of a Program
• Assessment of a Course
• Assessment of Teaching
• Assessment of Student Learning

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The Need for CATs(Angelo and Cross, 1993)

• College faculty typically assume a lot about
  their students learning, but most of those
  assumptions remain untested.
• Feedback from quizzes, exams, and homework often
  comes too late to affect student learning.
• Questioning in class only provides feedback about
  one student at time.

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Fundamental Assumptions(Angelo and Cross, 1993)

• To improve their effectiveness, teachers need to
  make their objectives explicit, then get
  specific, comprehensible feedback on how well
  students are achieving those objectives.
• To improve their learning, students need to
  receive appropriate and focused feedback early
  and often.

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Using CATs
Keep it Simple!

• Focus on an objective.
• Plan the classroom assessment.
• Teach the lesson.
• Implement the CAT as part of the lesson.
• Analyze the students feedback.
• Interpret the results.
• Communicate the results to your students, and
  adjust instruction as required.

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Seminar X

• Classroom
• Assessment
• Techniques

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Questions?
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