Assessment as a Learning and Teaching Tool

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Assessment as a Learning and Teaching Tool

• CELT Program
• Marge Lippincott, Facilitator
• Feb. 27, 2008

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Program Learning Objectives

• Upon completion of the CELT program on
  assessment, the participant should be able to
• identify methods and opportunities for formative
  and summative assessment in a course
• create a rubric for a course learning experience

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Purpose of Learning Objectives

• To provide a focus for instruction
• To provide guidelines for learning
• To communicate expectations to learners
• Gronlund, N.E., How to Write and Use
  Instructional Objectives, 6 Ed., Prentice Hall,
  NJ, 2000.
• Doris R. Brodeur, Ph.D.
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• http//www.cdio.org/meetings/tomorrow_engineer/bro
  deur_lrng_obj.ppt1

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Learning Objectives (contd.)

• To convey instructional intent to others
• To provide targets for assessment
• To provide for evaluation of instruction
• (see Handout 1)
• Gronlund, N.E., How to Write and Use
  Instructional Objectives, 6 Ed., Prentice Hall,
  NJ, 2000.
• Doris R. Brodeur, Ph.D.
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• http//www.cdio.org/meetings/tomorrow_engineer/bro
  deur_lrng_obj.ppt1

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Select a Learning Objective (LO) from your
course syllabusCheck to see if it uses an
active verb(see Handout 2)Write the LO on
your LO Worksheet (see Handout 3)
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Formative Assessment

• Assess students progress
• Supports student self-evaluation and self-renewal
• Allows the instructor to determine whether or not
  to introduce new content

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Formative Assessment

• Gives feedback on the students learning
  processes
• Signals need for additional practice or work in
  certain areas
• Refocuses the learners attention

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Multidimensional Assessment

• Various ways to practice achieving the learning
  outcome, for examples
• Presentation
• Paper
• Project
• Debate
• Class participation
• Best to use more than one method of assessment

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For the Learning Objective

• Describe the LO activities on your LO worksheet
  (see Handout 3)
• Describe the assessment of the activities on your
  LO worksheet (see Handout 3)
• Share with your fellow participants, your
  assessment activities for your LO

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Summative Assessment

• Assesses achievement after completion of course
  learning experiences
• Measures level of student achievement
• Targets methods of assessment, for example
  project, assignment, test .

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For Your Learning Objective

• Describe on your LO worksheet what summative
  assessment method(s) that you use (see Handout
  3)

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Rubrics

• Criteria performance expectations
• Standards level of achievement

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Different Types of Rubrics

• Category (see Handout 4)
• Holistic (see Handout 5)

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Create a Rubric

• With your fellow participants, outline a rubric
• Start to fill it in

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