Archive | Assessment

Refine your assignments to explore student learning

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

Wednesday
Oct 28, 2015
10:00 am - 11:30 am
1203 HE

Refine your assignments to explore student learning

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

Come learn how to design assignments that best allow you to see what your students know. [Details...]

Love your learning outcomes

By ACERT
Topics : Identify outcomes

Wednesday
Oct 14, 2015
10:00 am - 11:30 am
1203 HE

Love your learning outcomes

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

Come discover how learning outcomes can be truly useful tools for designing and clarifying courses and curricula, and gauging student learning beyond grades. [Details...]

Easy assessment makeover

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

Wednesday
Sep 30, 2015
10:00 am - 11:30 am
1203 HE

Easy assessment makeover

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

Walk through an "easy assessment makeover" of two of Meredith's courses and try it out for yourself. [Details...]

Assess It! | August 19, 2015

The power of peer assessment

By ACERT and Nikki Nagler
Topics : Assess student work

Peer assessment helps students develop assessment skills that can be applied both inside and outside the classroom and encourages students to take an active role in their learning. Here are some suggestions and resources to help you get started.

Teaching Tips | July 30, 2015

Principles and practices in syllabus design

By ACERT and Laura Baecher
Topics : Course design, Identify outcomes

The syllabus can be much more than a contractual document, serving as an expression of our personal teaching philosophy, a way to motivate our students, and a reflection of our expertise in course design.

Student Reflections | May 7, 2015

Integrating technology and assessment

By ACERT and Nikki Nagler
Topics : Assess student work, Polling & testing tools

As educators integrate technology into their pedagogy, they should also consider integrating it into their assessment practices. Technologies such as clickers, online quizzes, and multimedia assessments can add value to current practices.

Assess It! | May 6, 2015

The need for feedback

By ACERT and Lindsay Portnoy
Topics : Assess student work, Close the loop

Research indicates that when properly constructed, rubrics provide valuable feedback, engaging students in critical thinking, and offering support for developing writers. But how can you construct rubrics that help students improve their work on successive drafts?

Student Reflections | May 5, 2015

Creating an ePortfolio

By ACERT and Nikki Nagler
Topics : Assess student work, ePortfolios

An ePortfolio is an online archive of an individual student’s academic career. Throughout the experience of creating one, I came to many realizations which all led to the same conclusion: ePortfolios are useful.

Assess It! | April 28, 2015

How do you know when you don’t know?

By ACERT and Lindsay Portnoy
Topics : Assess student work

In my scholarly work I've studied the way people come to know what they don't know by looking at the questions they ask. In my teaching, I try to understand what it is students don't know by modeling and encouraging questioning.

News and Announcements | April 7, 2015

Making citizens at the AAC&U Conference

By ACERT and Meredith Reitman
Topics : Identify outcomes

How do we, as teachers, "make citizens" - people with the values, knowledge, and skills to be able to work with others to articulate and solve complex problems?