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Engaging Students Series
Engaging Students Through Assessment
Smeal College of Business
*Reminder: this session will be recorded
Session Objectives:
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
Setting Expectations for Assessments
How formative assessment will work
Form/medium of summative assessments
How students will prepare for summative assessments
How students can expect to receive feedback
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Synchronous
Asynchronous
Self-Assessment
Formative Assessment Strategies - Knowledge Checks
Formative Assessment Strategies
Organizers
Case Studies
Whiteboards
Adapting Assessments
Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence:
Flexible Teaching and Assessment Strategies
Adapting Assessments (Keep Teaching)
Consider Length
Mix Question Types
Weight Questions
Consider Length
Mix Question Types
Weight Questions
Provide Feedback
Consider Length
Mix Question Types
Weight Questions
Provide Feedback
Have Some Humor
Quiz/Exam Security
Question Groups and Question Banks in Canvas
Canvas Question Groups
Canvas Question Banks
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Openly Licensed Question Banks
Open Stax
Quizium
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Provide Accomodations
Alternatives to Multiple Choice Tests for Recognition and Recall
Alternatives to large MC sections of test/exams:
Alternatives to MC questions on tests/exams:
Rubrics
Rubrics Enhance Student Learning
Types Of Rubrics
Excellent
all items attempted
all correct
Adequate
many, but not all items attempted
most correct
Poor
many items not attempted
many incorrect
Analytic
| Meets All Criterion | Meets Some Criterion | Does not Meet Criterion |
Accuracy | Content accurately reflects thorough understanding of topic and is factually correct | Content accurately reflects a basic understanding of topics and is mostly factually correct | Content does not reflect understanding of topics and is mostly factually incorrect |
Analysis | Explicitly states the arguments both for and against the issue | Presents only one side of the issue or demonstrates an obvious bias | Fails to demonstrate knowledge of pros and cons of the issue |
Vocabulary | Defines and explains relevant concepts | Includes relevant concepts, but does not clearly explain them | Does not include or explain relevant concepts |
Mechanics | Contains mostly correct manuscript and citation format and is substantially free of grammatical or spelling errors | Contains several instances of incorrect manuscript or citation format and/or grammatical or spelling errors | Does not meet manuscript and citation format requirements and/or contains multiple grammatical or spelling errors |
Holistic
Types Of Rubrics
Kudos | Criteria for grading | Concerns |
| Content accurately reflects thorough understanding of topic and is factually correct | |
| Explicitly states the arguments both for and against the issue | |
| Defines and explains relevant concepts | |
| Contains mostly correct manuscript and citation format and is substantially free of grammatical or spelling errors | |
Single-point
Criteria for grading | 1 | 2 | 3 | Feedback |
Content accurately reflects thorough understanding of topic and is factually correct | | | | |
Explicitly states the arguments both for and against the issue | | | | |
Defines and explains relevant concepts | | | | |
Contains mostly correct manuscript and citation format and is substantially free of grammatical or spelling errors | | | | |
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