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Master Teaching InitiativeMaster Teacher Tip of the Week 9 Fall 2007In-Class Assessment Techniques How do you know whether your students are grasping the concepts presented in class? Do these scenarios sound familiar? "You've just covered a difficult concept in lecture…. You've scheduled a midterm in two weeks, but want to make sure your students are ready now for the next topic. How do you quickly find out whether they're with you?" "You assume students remember what was covered in the last class, so you begin today from where you left off. When a student stops you in the middle of class and asks you to define a term from the last class that you've been using casually throughout the lecture, you hesitate. Was this student absent, or has the class missed a key term? How will you know for sure?" These scenarios and some excellent, simple solutions are from an article found in Speaking of Teaching, the Stanford University Newsletter on Teaching: "Do You Know Where Your Students Are? Classroom Assessment and Student Learning." The article details a three-step process of assessing, evaluating, and sharing results that has proven to generate useful student feedback. The article also provides examples of assessment methods by which both instructor and students benefit. These include reflective student activities such as having students: * Document their problem-solving steps to assess problem-solving skills Source: Speaking of Teaching, Stanford University Newsletter on Teaching, Winter 1993, Vol. 4, No. 2. Produced by the Center for Teaching and Learning, Stanford University. To read this excellent 3-page article, go to: http://ctl.stanford.edu/Newsletter/do_you_know.pdf<UrlBlockedError.aspx> In Brief: This tip links to an article about simple classroom assessment techniques that focus on the quality of learning and provide feedback to both the student and the professor.
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