Resources

This tip suggests ways to both promote academic inteagrity and help those struggling to avoid cheating in the wake of 21st century attitudes more accepting of cheating and technologies that can facilitate it.

An essential lifelong skill for students is to think about their learning, or be metacognitive about it. Karen M. Kortz, Ph.D., shares three activities that help students practice this important skill.

Knowing the difference between a good item that helps you understand whether or not your students have a grasp of a concept or can perform a skill is not always a simple matter.

Teaching tip for the 1st day of class: how to assess what your students already know on the topic, and what to do with that information.

Basic overview of how and why to use grading rubrics.

Papers, projects, and presentations are excellent opportunities for students to demonstrate their learning and investment in a course.

Short accessbile overview, with several ideas to try.

From Indiana University: Learning outcomes are user-friendly statements that tell students what they will be able to do at the end of a period of time. They are measurable and quite often observable. Includes: Writing Effective Learning Outcomes; Sample Learning Outcomes; Using Learning Outcomes within Your Class; References

A rubric articulates the expectations for an assignment by listing the criteria, or what counts, and describing levels of quality from excellent to poor.

When considering how to assess student learning in a course, most instructors would agree that the ideal assessment would be one that not only assesses students’ learning; it also teaches students and improves their skills and understanding of course content.