College instructors often provide students with only summative evaluations of their work, typically in the form of exam scores or paper grades. Formative evaluation, such as classroom assessment ...

Formative assessments are tools used during instruction to provide real-time feedback, helping both students and educators make immediate improvements. Unlike summative assessments, which evaluate ...

This week’s new question-of-the-week is: What are effective assessment strategies for multilingual learners? Assessment is a key element of teaching—we need to know where our students are in the ...

"It used to be difficult to gauge students' prior knowledge," according to biology professor Peter Coppinger, who teaches at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. "But now, I can ask a question ...

Self-assessments encourage students to reflect on their skills, knowledge, learning goals, and progress in a course. These practices can range from quick, low-stakes check-ins on lecture content to in ...

Angelo, T. & Cross, K.P. Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers LB 2822.75 .A54 1993 (Ed lib) Angelo, T. (ed) Classroom assessment and research: An update on uses, approaches ...

https://www.jstor.org/stable/bullecosociamer.95.3.281 Copy URL AAAS. 2011. Vision and change in undergraduate biology education: A call to action. Washington, D.C ...

This award recognizes excellence in teaching by a faculty member over the course of a distinguished career. The awardee demonstrates a well-articulated teaching philosophy that has developed through ...