Assessment Methods
Assessing Skill in Application and Performance
| Assessment Type |
Description |
Objective |
Implementation |
| Directed Paraphrasing |
Provide students with a specific purpose and target audience. Then ask them to paraphrase part of a unit or topic |
To assess students' understanding and internalization of learning; encourage improvement of speaking skills or writing skills |
Provide this to students as a homework assignment- they are required to orally present their response during the next class meeting |
| Application Cards |
Students describe real-world/workplace applications for the important principle, theory, or process that they just learned |
To ascertain whether or not the student clearly understands the concept and applications |
Provide this to students as a homework assignment- select random students to orally present their response during the next class meeting |
| Students Create Test Questions |
Students develop test questions from the course materials including the textbook, class discussions, in-class activities and homework exercises |
To identify the information that students consider most important; to see what students remember most; to confirm that students have completed required course readings and assignments |
Use Think-Pair-Share; use round-robin brainstorming; use other cooperative communication strategies in class |
| Prospectus for a Paper or Project |
Students prepare a prospectus which can be a brief first-draft or plan for a research paper or course project |
To assist students in organizing their thoughts and outline the steps needed to complete the task; to insure that students properly plan/prepare for the learning activity |
Use as an individual or team project- allow class time for developing the prospectus |
source: Fenton, C. and B. Watkins (2008) Learner-Centered Assessment: Real Strategies for Today's Students. The Cross Papers 11, 1-46.
