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 ...

Helping students progress towards their educational goals involves communicating how far they have come and how far they have yet to go. This is the role of assessment. Designing meaningful assessment ...

When designing formative assessments, instructors need to think about aligning the assessed knowledge and skills, as well the assessment format itself, with desired learning outcomes and with the ...

Assessing student learning effectively is often complicated by relying on ambiguous proxies such as grades, quiz scores, or assumptions about students' internal states, such as what they feel, think, ...

Interactive science vocabulary game helps students master the scientific method, laboratory skills, data analysis, ...

At a few key points in an online course, our students submit projects, papers, reports, or exams. As we review and grade their work, our reactions can range from pleasant surprise to concern and ...

Learn about the different types of assessment and the impact on student learning and motivation. When students and educators hear the word “assessment,” they tend to think of tests, portfolios, final ...