Volume 7, Issue 1 In This Issue: The Teaching Scope: Impacting the public through research, teaching, and engagement Teacher’s Toolbox: Using peer assessment techniques Did You Know?: Tips to improve live polling participation TLC Corner: TLC Summer Olympics Pedagogy Podcast: Teach students how to learn Research Bytes: End of term: Wrapping up a course effectively… Read More
Rubrics are a valuable tool for communicating high expectations, providing targeted feedback, and demonstrating learning priorities. Join Dr. Scott in this interactive session about creating rubrics that purposefully communicate your expectations and priorities. In addition to discussing the ways in which rubrics can improve transparency and feedback, participants will apply the elements of effective rubric… Read More
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Author: Susan M. Brookhart Published: January 11, 2013 UTHSC Library What is a rubric? A rubric is a coherent set of criteria for student work that describes levels of performance quality. Sounds simple enough, right? Unfortunately, rubrics are commonly misunderstood and misused. The good news is that when rubrics are created and used correctly, they are strong… Read More
Authors: Barbara E. Walvoord, Virginia Johnson Anderson Published: November 16, 2009 UTHSC Library The second edition of Effective Grading―the book that has become a classic in the field―provides a proven hands-on guide for evaluating student work and offers an in-depth examination of the link between teaching and grading. Authors Barbara E. Walvoord and Virginia Johnson Anderson explain… Read More
Authors: K. Patricia Cross, Thomas A. Angelo Published: April 16, 1993 UTHSC Library What classroom assessment entails and how it works. How to plan, implement, and analyze assessment projects. Twelve case studies that detail the real-life classroomexperiences of teachers carrying out successful classroomassessment projects. Fifty classroom assessment techniques. Step-by-step procedures for administering the techniques Practical… Read More
Additional Information Resource Pages Aligned Course Design Assess Students Learning Outcomes Scholarship of Teaching and Learning TLC Medallions Assessment Course Design Paradigms of Education Webinars Marketing Good Teaching or: How to Convince Students to Love Effective Teaching. Dr. Devin Scott. December 2022. Teaching for Learning: Evidence Based Instructional Strategies. Dr. Claire Major. February 2022.… Read More
This workshop explores methods of assessing student knowledge other than traditional examinations. Workshop attendees will discuss situations in which course and learning outcomes are not well matched with traditional examinations, necessitating the use of alternative assessment methods. Furthermore, participants will begin the process of implementing alternative learning assessments that are fully aligned with their course… Read More
Assessment
Last ReviewedJuly 23, 2024 First Published:January 31, 2023 Multiple-choice questions inclusive of a question/stem, a key/correct answer, and distractors/incorrect answer choices are frequently used in health science education due to efficiency in grading and their frequent inclusion on licensing and board examinations. In addition to these advantages, Brame (2013) asserts that multiple-choice questions can… Read More
We often mistakenly assume when writing assessments for our students that our learners are “just like us.” We use terminology, phrases, abbreviations, and pronouns that we prefer and know, that often leave our students confused and sometimes wounded. We review our tests by solely looking at statistics, but should we also be looking at linguistics?… Read More
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