Assignment:
Readings
Use Assessing Student Learning: A Common Sense Guide to read the following:
Creating Effective Assignments," pages 205-214.
In this chapter, you will begin to consider the most effective means of determining how to measure students' achievement of the learning goals.
Briefly scan the following chapters. For the Question, you will determine which of these chapters to read in detail to inform your discussion, which will become an important part of your Assessment and Evaluation of Learning Plan.
- "Writing Multiple-Choice and Other Objective Tests," pages 215-234.
- "Assembling Evidence of Student Learning Into Portfolios," pages 235-244.
- "Other Assessment Tools," pages 259-272.
- "Assessing the Hard-to-Assess," pages 273-284.
Use the Internet to read the following:
Suskie, L. (2018, May 27). What are the characteristics of well-stated learning goals? [Blog post].
After reading Chapter 16 and scanning select 2 to 3 of those chapters to study in greater detail, basing your decision on their applicability to your Assessment and Evaluation of Learning Plan.
Present an overview and descriptions of each of the measures you propose to assess the students' or trainees' achievement of the learning goals of your choice up 5 from the readings in this unit. Using the readings and applying critical thinking, explain how each proposed assessment measure is appropriate for enabling the students to demonstrate achievement of those goals.