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Authors: Lorrie Shepard, Elena Diaz-Bilello, William Penuel, and Scott Marion Suggested Citation: Shepard, L. A., Diaz-Bilello, E., Penuel, W. R., & Marion, S. F ...
Why are grading principles and practices important ... influenced by policies and linked to the context of teaching including an instructor’s approach to assessment. Ideally, grading practices include ...
This interactive workshop outlines enduring principles that have influenced the development of assessment and improvement practices and emerging opportunities for assessment, including implications ...
The basic principles of assessment for learning are these: Teachers understand and articulate in advance of teaching the achievement targets that their students are to hit. They inform their ...
We are developing further guidance to standard alternatives for the most common assessment types in a toolkit which all teaching staff can use. Consider as well: Where there is a good alternative to ...
Articulate the learning outcomes and assessment criteria ... in what you do in your teaching and the learning opportunities you provide to cater for a large range of students. Laurillard’s different ...
One of the most robust backward design models developed for higher education is L. Dee Fink’s integrated course ... so they can form the basis of the course’s assessment scheme; to this end, ...
What is Culturally Responsive Assessment? Culturally Responsive Assessment (CRA) is grounded in the principles of equity, fairness, and inclusion. It acknowledges that traditional assessment methods ...
Amid growing concern in higher education about academic misconduct, principles from adult learning (andragogy) and authentic assessment can offer insights. In addition, assessments created in ...