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Assessment/evaluation (including grading/marking, rubrics, course evaluation, other forms of assessment): definitions, concepts, examples
Definition:
Assessment of effective courses ideally is an iterative process, one in which it is integrated into improving the design and delivery of future courses. Outlined are some essential concepts in course assessment.
Useful resources on Assessment:
Berkeley Center for Teaching & Learning. (2020). Assessment and evaluation. https://teaching.berkeley.edu/resources/assessment-and-evaluation
Overview of assessment-related issues and detailed guides to an ideal course assessment plan: State Learning Goals, Map Curriculum, Situate Assessment, Design Assessment, Implement, Analyze and Interpret Data, Use and Plan, Disciplinary Assessment Samples, and Berkeley Assessment Stories.
MIT Teaching+Learning Lab. (n.d.). Guidelines for teaching @MIT and beyond. https://tll.mit.edu/help/guidelines-teaching-mit-and-beyond
Discussions of assessment mechanisms: Self and Peer Assessment, Assessment-Outcome Alignment, Feedback, Formative Assessment, Summative Assessment.
Stanford University Teaching Commons. (n.d.). Evaluating students. https://teachingcommons.stanford.edu/resources/teaching/evaluating-students
Detailed guides to Creating Assignments (Designing Problem Sets; Papers, Projects, and Presentations; Designing Writing Assignments), Assessing Student Learning (Helpful overview plus links to specific topics: Automated Grading of Exercises; Artificial Intelligence Assessment; Exam Checklist; Grading Humanities Papers; In-Video Quizzes; Just-In-Time Teaching; Papers, Projects, and Presentations; Peer Assessment; Strategies for Fair and Conflict-Free Grading; Student E-Portfolios; Student Self-Assessment; Testing Guidelines; Grading Psets Handout from 2014 TA Orientation; Schinske Paper Handout from 2014 TA Orientation), Academic Honesty and Dishonesty (overview and link to local Office of Community Standards), and Writing Letters of Recommendation (overview).
Tags: IPS IA; IPS CritT; IPS CreaT; IPS WC; IPS OC; IPS R; IPS QL; IPS IL; IPS T; IPS PS; PSR CE; PSR IKC; PSR ER; PSR LL; PSR GL; IAL IntL; CompQ
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Table of contents:
- 2.2.1. Curriculum design
2.2.2. Course development
2.2.3. Exam preparation
2.2.4. eLearning, learning management systems, teaching technologies
- 2.2.5.1. Feedback
2.1.5.2. Formative assessment
2.1.5.3. Summative assessment
2.1.5.4. Self and peer assessment
2.1.5.5. Course evaluations
2.1.5.6. Assessment-outcome alignment
2.1.5.7. Academic misconduct
Author: Stephanie Krueger
Peer Reviewer(s): None
Last Updated: February 9, 2021