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A Crash Course in Assessment Vocabulary

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Types of Assessment Formative assessments Formative assessments informally measure a student’s understanding of a concept or concepts and thus have very low stakes or are not graded at all. Formative assessments are used to gauge the effectiveness of teaching, “check in” with students to make sure they are learning the course material and to provide students with immediate, qualitative feedback. Formative assessments usually offer information about the learning environment instead of what is being learned. Examples of formative assessments include Brainstorming activities […]

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Think-Pair-Share with Clickers

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by Patrick Frantom, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Collaborative learning is usually interpreted as ed-speak for working in small groups outside of class to accomplish a project of some significance. These types of exercises require that instructors assign groups, determine how to grade the group if members contribute unevenly, and commit significant time to a single project. However, collaborative learning exercises can be efficiently employed as in-class exercises, even in large lecture sections, with the help of clickers. Think-Pair-Share One […]

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