Designing
Assessment
Do you always give final exams at the end of your courses?
Why? Because it's final's week? Have you ever given a test or an assignment
and ended up with the entire class up at your desk looking for direction
on how to complete it? Every time you give a test, do you have to justify
the grade you have given to a student or many students? Can grading ever
be a positive experience?
All of these problems can be solved by adjusting our testing techniques.
This workshop will help you evaluate, how you have been evaluating your
students. You will learn to write better tests and discover alternative
ways to measure student ability, that they will enjoy and learn from,
long after the semester is over.
The Academy for Teaching Excellence and the Metropolitan State College
of Denver, presents Designing Assessment: How to create fair tests.
The links on the left represent the course outline. Click on one of the links to begin your study. It is recommended that you go through all activities in sequence, but you can begin wherever you like and take whatever path you choose through the topics.
Check frequently under "Workshop Feedback" for input from other workshop participants.
"Workshop Materials" contains links to files you may wish to download to complete the workshop.
The "Dictionary" contains a list of definitions for key workshop terms.
If you have any problems or questions regarding this workshop, click on "Questions" and an e-mail will be sent directly to the webmaster.
This
online workshop is intended for faculty and staff involved in the design,
development or revision of any course taught in the classroom or online.
