Student performances or presentations (e.g., oral presentation, poster session, recital, music, theater, art show, etc.) are all potential student artifacts for direct assessment of students’ progress ...

Before determining your assessment methods, you should identify the type and level of student learning you want to evaluate. Class size and discipline area, whether students will complete assessments ...

The accelerated changes that the world has undergone in recent years have brought abrupt transformations for many sectors, including education. Changes in the educational arena have included new ...

A rubric is an assessment tool that takes the form of a matrix, which describes levels of achievement in a specific area of performance, understanding, or behavior for a learning outcome. Faculty ...

Design a variety of methods across a programme: a range of assessment methods or modes will be important in ensuring all students can demonstrate their learning across a programme. For example, if ...

Western Michigan University touts itself as a student-centered research university. As such, students are the main focus of our mission. We must be continually concerned with what our students learn ...

Many of my conversations with faculty members focus on the challenges they face when trying to assess learning in large classes. The best learner-centred assessment methods are no match for 200-person ...

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z Achievement target: Desired level of performance. Often used ...