Assessment Strategies

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Assessment is the way we find evidence of student learning.  It serves as a check on student knowledge of content, but also of their ability to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate subject matter.  It’s a point of feedback for students to see their own progress, and helps to ensure that students can cite evidence when working with content.

Featured resources:

* Authentic Assessment – A Primer – A small guide and examples on using realistic situations that require students to use critical thinking skills.

* Assessing Student Learning – From Vanderbilt University, a thorough explainer on accessibility and many of its forms.

Starting the Semester

The first day of teaching can set the fundamentals of a classroom dynamic for an entire semester.

Best Practices with SimCheck

SimCheck, the college’s plagiarism detection system, can be used in a number of ways to aid students in learning about plagiarism.

Informal Assessment with Polling Tools

Have you ever wanted a quick way to check student knowledge using quick & informal ways? With a little preparation, polling tools can provide a great way to informally assessing students in an engaged manner.

Plickers

Have you ever wanted to assess your students’ knowledge without the need for multiple mobile devices, clickers, or even a quick quiz?

Ways to Prevent Issues of Academic Integrity

As the academic year moves forward it’s important to review ways to prevent issues of academic integrity in the classroom.  These issues can be varied, but commonly include plagiarism and cheating on assessments.