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Using concept maps for classroom assessment.
Type: Video
Assessment and Feedback Active Learning, Classroom/Learning Assessment, Cognitively Based Learning Interventions, Formative Assessment
This overview includes examples of appropriate questions you can ask in the CAT format, examples of specific types of CATs, and strategies for…
Type: Website
Assessment and Feedback Active Learning, Classroom/Learning Assessment, Formative Assessment
A guide to implementing techniques that embed formative assessment with active learning.
Type: Book
Assessment and Feedback Active Learning, Classroom/Learning Assessment, Formative Assessment
Provides 50 easy-to-implement active learning techniques that gauge student learning across academic disciplines and learning environments and embed…
Type: Book
Assessment and Feedback Active Learning, Classroom/Learning Assessment, Formative Assessment
A conceptual analysis of feedback and review of evidence related to its impact on learning and achievement.
Type: Article
Assessment and Feedback Feedback
Four different types of feedback and their effectiveness for different purposes.
Type: Website
Assessment and Feedback Feedback
Compared to text-based feedback, audio feedback was perceived to be more effective for conveying nuance and was associated with: (1) feelings of…
Type: Article
Assessment and Feedback Feedback
The research on formative assessment and feedback is reinterpreted to show how these processes can help students take control of their own learning,…
Assessment and Feedback Cognitively Based Learning Interventions, Feedback, Formative Assessment
While teachers claim they give a lot of helpful feedback, students report very little feedback from teachers. In response, the authors provide…
Type: Chapter
Assessment and Feedback Feedback
Addresses two questions: (1) What is true feedback? (2) How can it improve learning?
Type: Article
Assessment and Feedback Feedback
Unifying concepts shared by different competency-based education programs, current competency-based models, and the national policy context that…
Type: Report
Assessment and Feedback Competency Based Assessment, Formative Assessment, Summative Assessment
A set of best practices for high-stakes assessment in Competency Based Education (CBE), drawing from both the educational measurement literature and…
Type: Report
Assessment and Feedback Competency Based Assessment, Formative Assessment, Summative Assessment
Four steps for designing competency-based assessments.
Type: Website
Assessment and Feedback Competency Based Assessment, Formative Assessment, Summative Assessment
This teaching guide includes suggestions for implementing project-based learning and makes a case for the learning transfer advantage of using ill-…
Type: Website
Assessment and Feedback, Teaching and Learning Strategies Authentic/Case/Project/Problem Based Learning
This guide for Project-Based Learning (PBL) educators provides introductory materials on PBL, resources to help develop PBL, and WPI author…
Type: Website
Assessment and Feedback, Teaching and Learning Strategies Authentic/Case/Project/Problem Based Learning, ePortfolio
Faculty and student perspectives on the benefits of e-Portfolios.
Type: Website
Assessment and Feedback, Student Success ePortfolio, Exam Alternatives, Formative Assessment, Summative Assessment
An overview of using rubrics in Canvas, including a video on how to construct a rubric.
Type: Tutorial
Assessment and Feedback Canvas (MyCourses), Formative Assessment, Grading, Rubrics and Checklists, Summative Assessment
Describes the advantages of rubrics and provides examples of rubrics used for paper assignments, projects, oral presentations, and class…
Type: Website
Assessment and Feedback Formative Assessment, Rubrics and Checklists, Summative Assessment
A journal to “encourage the study of practices and pedagogies associated with ePortfolio in educational settings.”
Type: Article
Assessment and Feedback, Student Success ePortfolio, Exam Alternatives, Formative Assessment, Summative Assessment
An overview of e-Portfolios, a sample rubric for evaluating e-portfolios, examples of e-Portfolios, and additional resources.
Type: Website
Assessment and Feedback, Student Success ePortfolio, Exam Alternatives, Formative Assessment, Summative Assessment