Classroom Assessment Techniques in Higher Education Teaching
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Classroom Assessment Techniques in Higher Education Teaching
Instructional Skills Workshop Theme Session
Day 3
Prepared by Isabeau Iqbal, PhD for Instructional Skills Workshop Theme Session at UBC Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology
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Classroom assessment techniques
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Learning objectives
By the end of this session, learners will be able to:
• Recall at least 2 principles of CATs• Name 2 or more benefits of CATs for instructors
and students• Identify at least 2 CATs that they can use in their
teaching
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Classroom assessment techniques
1. Formative assessment for improvement of teaching and student learning
2. Any size class 3. Students: think about what they have
learned
Jeremy Wilburn: https://flic.kr/p/9gL2FY
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Classroom assessment techniques
4. Can be used by instructors every class5. Quick to design and implement6. Use information immediately
CATs can assess…
1. prior knowledge2. course-related knowledge, recall and
understanding 3. analysis and critical thinking skills
https://flic.kr/p/7fDJwS
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CATs can assess…
4. students’ awareness of their attitudes and values
5. skills in synthesis and creative thinking 6. student reactions to teaching, class
activities and materials
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Jigsaw
Photo: David Eccles, https://flic.kr/p/77WXoE
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In your same coloured groups, discuss:
• Your thoughts about this CAT– Benefits?– Challenges?
• How might you use this CAT in your teaching?
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In your multi-coloured groups,
• Provide an explanation, in your own words, of how the CAT works:– Briefly address anticipated benefits and
challenges of using• Give one example of how this might be used in
teaching
11Photo by Moyan Brenn. Reflections. https://flic.kr/p/kR9oZt
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One Minute Paper
What are the 2 most central things you learned in the session?
What question(s) remain uppermost in your mind?
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Learning objectives
By the end of this session, you will be able to:• Recall at least 2 principles of CATs• Name 2 or more benefits of CATs for instructors
and students• Identify at least 2 CATs that you could use in your
teaching
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Recommended resource
Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers by Thomas A. Angelo and K. Patricia Cross (Jossey-Bass, 1993).
15Brian Costelloe, https://flic.kr/p/nN7ni
Thank you! Well-done