Contact - Volume 2, Issue 4 January 2006 - Assessing Students This issue focuses on the challenges associated with the assessment of students, particularly in large classes. A podcast and linked resources are included in this issue. Podcast
- Assessing Students in Engineering Play it / hear
it - MP3
file - 1.9 MB OR Dr. Richard Felder's Cooperative Learning site As mentioned in
the podcast, this site includes resources for creating a coopertive
learning environment particularly for science and engineering education.
Teaching and assessment in large classes Developed by the
University of Queensland Australia, this article looks at some of the
challenges of teaching and assessing students in large classes and offers
teaching strategies for faculty members. Assessing Large Classes This article examines the five assessment challenges created by large classes and offers faculty members suggestions on how to overcome these challenges. http://www.cshe.unimelb.edu.au/assessinglearning/03/large.html Other Resources Authentic
Assessment Toolbox A step-by-step guide to assist faculty in the development of authentic assessment tools. It follows the process from setting the standards to creating assessment rubrics. http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/howdoyoudoit.htm Contact is the University of Ontario Institute of Technology's monthly e-newsletter bringing you the latest information on teaching and learning. Feel free to pass along this newsletter to anyone you feel would benefit from this information. Have them e-mail us at contact@uoit.ca if they want to be added to the mailing list. Visit the Contact Web site at http://www.uoit.ca/teachingandlearning/contact to see past issues.
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