Assessment Tools Made Easy

How to Incorporate the Latest Assessment Tools into Your

Classroom

Candice CantrellProfessor

Fullerton College

Who was your favorite teacher and

why?

Role of the Instructor Motivate Students Engage Students in Active Learning Develop Critical Thinking Skills Organize Daily Lesson Plans Manage the Classroom

Motivation is the art of getting our students to do what we want them to do because they

want to do it.

How Do We Do It?

By developing a toolbox of support materials!

What’s in Your Toolbox?Textbooks – EBooksPremium VideosSAM Skill Based TrainingSAM Concept ExamsSAM Skill Based ExamsSAM ProjectsSAM Capstone Projects

The Most Important Tool

You The Instructor!

We Make a Difference

How Do We

Make a

Difference

How Can We Use the Tools in Our Toolbox on a

Daily Basis?

Unit Lesson PlanPretest SAM ConceptsPretest SAM Skills

This helps students understand what they do know and don’t know. It helps

with the student who says “I already know it all”.

Daily Lesson PlanStart of Each Class

Hot TechnologyExample: Create a Word Cloudwww. Wordle.net

SAM Quiz

Start Class with a Pollwww.polleverywhere.com

Daily Lesson PlanDemo of Sample ProblemLecture Success SystemExplain Project to be Completed

1. Observe / Watch PVE2. Demo – Do It3. Students Practice It4. Write It Down

Daily Lesson PlanHomework

SAM Quiz for EOC Concepts

Assign a task based problem

Complete a Critical Thinking Problem

Homework Assignments

• Concept Review• Skill Review Exercises• Independent Challenges• Visual Workshops

Homework Assignments

• Learn It Online• Apply Your Knowledge• Extend Your Knowledge• Make It Right• In the Lab• Cases and Places

Summary Daily Homework

Illustrated

1. Class Problem2. Concept Review3. Skill Review4. SAM Project 1

(IC #1)

Shelly Cashman

1. Class Problem2. Learn It Online T/F

and MC Questions3. SAM Project 1

(In the Lab 1)

End Of Unit AssessmentTest Review

SAM Skill Based Training – Scenario 1Must complete at 70% passing

Textbook Capstone ProjectIllustrated – Coolworks MediaShelly Cashman – Spa or Bank

End Of Unit AssessmentTest Review - Capstone

Illustrated SAM Capstone

Scenario 1Scenario 2

Textbook CapstoneScenario –

CoolWorks2 problems per app.

Shelly Cashman Sam Capstone

Scenario 1Scenario 2

Textbook CapstoneScenario 1 – SpaScenario 2 - Bank

End Of Unit AssessmentExam Day

ExamsSAM Multiple Choice Theory ExamSAM Skill Based Exam – Scenario 2SAM Capstone Project – Ill/NP/SC

I Make a Difference

I Make a Difference

Candy CantrellFullerton College

ccantrell@fullcoll.edu