Archive | Assessment

What We’re Reading | April 19, 2016

Tube labeled “Glue” with adhesive dispensing from the nozzle.

Make It Stick

By ACERT, Mark Bobrow, Stephanie Margolin and Meredith Reitman
Topics : Assess student work, Assignments & exams, Course design

Members of the ACERT community share their responses to "Make It Stick." This book challenges conventional thinking about student learning, with a particular focus on how inefficient and unproductive strategies and practices are often reinforced by educators.

Exploring Student Learning: Assessment Day 2016

By ACERT
Topics : Assess student work, Close the loop, Identify outcomes, Map to assessments

Wednesday
Apr 20, 2016
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Chanin (B126 HW)

Exploring Student Learning: Assessment Day 2016

Presenter(s): Manashi Chatterjee (Chemistry), Jennifer DeGregorio (English), Bryan Dowling (Psychology), Kirsten Grant (Chemistry), Stephanie Margolin (Library), Maria Nelson (Special Education), Elizabeth Wall-O'Brien (Advising)

Come hear the 2015-2016 Assessment Fellows talk about their use of assessment to innovate within their courses and programs. [Details...]

Assess your program: Find out what your majors are really learning

By ACERT
Topics : Assessment

Wednesday
Mar 9, 2016
10:00 am - 11:30 am
1203 HE

Assess your program: Find out what your majors are really learning

Presenter(s): Meredith Reitman (Office of Assessment and ACERT)

Come learn how to design, implement and learn from program assessment to get better information about what your majors know and are able to do once they graduate. [Details...]

Assess anything you like with rubrics

By ACERT
Topics : Assess student work

Wednesday
Feb 24, 2016
10:00 am - 11:30 am
1220 HE

Assess anything you like with rubrics

Presenter(s): Meredith Reitman (Office of Assessment and ACERT)

Learn the technique then work as a group to create and apply a custom rubric in a fun context. [Details...]

Assess It! | November 30, 2015

Stacked area (stream) chart showing cumulative values across dates; totals rise sharply overall, dominated by one category, with smaller segments fluctuating within.

Students as researchers: Using Google’s DocuViz to learn about how you write

By ACERT and Andrew Laudel
Topics : Assess student work, Assignments & exams, Group work, Online writing and reflection

Students use DocuViz, a Google app that visualizes how documents evolve, to explore the fundamental questions: what do you do when you write, and why?

ACERT Connections | November 16, 2015

Two people seated side by side in front of a bookshelf, turned toward each other in conversation in an interview-style setting.

Chemistry meets education

By ACERT
Topics : Assess student work, Assignments & exams

Hear about how Lindsay Portnoy (Education) and Mandë Holford (Chemistry) met at an ACERT event and embarked on a series of collaborations, including cross-class assignments and the development of an educational game.

ACERT video rollout

By David R. dos Santos
Topics : Assess student work, Online writing and reflection, Rich media & presentation tools

Tuesday
Nov 17, 2015
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm
1203 HE

ACERT video rollout

Presenter(s): ACERT

See a set of six short videos highlighting some of the wonderful ideas that came out of ACERT programming this year. [Details...]

Assess It! | October 14, 2015

Flowchart diagram labeled “Unaligned Course,” showing disconnected elements: teacher, students, exam, and course design.

Danish educational humor: Part 3

By ACERT and Meredith Reitman
Topics : Assignments & exams, Course design, Identify outcomes, Map to assessments

Reflections on the award-winning video "Teaching Teaching & Understanding Understanding," which illustrates John Biggs' theory of "constructive alignment."

Assess It! | October 7, 2015

Slide showing a numbered list with bracket and bold text reading “PLEASE MEMORIZE.”

Danish educational humor: Part 2

By ACERT and Meredith Reitman
Topics : Assignments & exams, Course design, Identify outcomes, Map to assessments

Reflections on the award-winning video "Teaching Teaching & Understanding Understanding," which illustrates John Biggs' theory of "constructive alignment."

Assess It! | September 30, 2015

Diagram showing three people standing on steps labeled: “LEVEL 1 ‘WHAT STUDENTS ARE,’” “LEVEL 2 ‘WHAT TEACHERS DO,’” and “LEVEL 3 ‘WHAT STUDENTS DO,’” with increasing height.

Danish educational humor: Part 1

By ACERT and Meredith Reitman
Topics : Assignments & exams, Course design, Identify outcomes, Map to assessments

Reflections on the award-winning video "Teaching Teaching & Understanding Understanding," which illustrates John Biggs' theory of "constructive alignment."