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Student Assessment
Rachel O’Brien, Allegheny College
Preparing for an Academic Career in Geosciences Workshop: Summer
2011
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• Formative vs. summative• Qualitative vs. quantitative
Types of assessment
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• Formative vs. summative• Qualitative vs. quantitative
Key point to remember:You can only assess something that
is easily measured by a defined metric
Types of assessment
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• Start your design of the course—and the assessment--with these in mind
• You want to define specific, directly observable actions
• We often choose that are hard to
measure: know, understand, appreciate
Student learning objectives
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• Creating• Evaluation• Analyzing• Applying• Explaining, interpreting, classifying• RememberingAnderson et al., 2001. A taxonomy for learning,
teaching, and assessing. NY: Longman.
Bloom’s Taxonomy
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Assessing learning objectivesWritten assignments
(both in and out of class)Exams (either standardized or your own)Written critiques of reports or articlesField booksProject/lab reportsPoster presentationsSpeeches and/or debatesProfessional writing samplesJournals
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Student feedback is a form of assessment!
One minute paper
Pre-course survey or inventory
In-class surveys
Summative surveys
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Assessment Rubrics• Provide a documented means for you to explain how a student performed
• Best if given out before the assignment/task
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• Angelo, T.A. & Cross, K.P. (1993) Classroom assessment techniques: A handbook for college teaching, 2nd ed. Josey Bass
• Diamond, R.M. (2008) Designing and assessing courses and curricula, 3rd ed. JW Wiley
Useful references