AE+503

"Classroom Assessment: What teachers need to know" 5th Edition

Website from class: http://psych.hanover.edu/Research/exponnet.html

Are the instructions clear or not?

Is the format of the test "user friendly" or not?

What are some strengths/weaknesses of this test?

Homework 13 March 2009

Read "portfolios" chapter 9 Do questions 1,2 and 5 on page 211 and 212.

27 March 2009

For BLAKE he wants the website:

www.prongo.com

Terms/concepts to know: co-operative learning reliability and validity (characteristics of quality assessment) performance criteria rubrics (and know other types of evaluation/assessment tools, like a quiz, test, presentation. Etc.) these types of assessment: authentic, formative, summative, self, diagnostic/pre-assessment, portfolio feedback and function of it evaluation/assessment and the function of it normal-referenced (means comparing it to the norms of the group), criterion-referenced (means comparing it to a specific criteria) And common sense: for example, what are important elements of a quality assessment/evaluation tools? Answer: clear directions, clear criteria for grading, unbiased...(ie., things you discussed in your website survey assignment)