A rubric is an evaluation tool that identifies criteria relevant to an assignment and describes levels of performance expectations for the assignment or other student work. Grading rubrics communicate ...

Learn about rubrics and how they can help clarify your expectations around assessments and streamline the grading process while supporting students’ learning. Your assessment criteria, standards and ...

Rubrics are tools used when assessing and grading students’ work. Rubrics indicate the performance or achievement criteria across the major components in student work. The criteria used in a grading ...

Norming (also called calibration) is the process in which a group of raters decide collectively how to use a rubric to evaluate student work in a consistent manner. Raters are usually faculty and ...

implement active learning exercises No evidence of active learning implementation or misunderstanding of something inactive as being active. Evidence of active learning implementation at a very ...

Pre and post assessments are integral part of the experiential learning journey. They empower students to develop ownership of their own experiences making sense and creating meaning of the outcomes ...

Student peer assessments provide opportunities for classmates to give and receive meaningful feedback, building valuable skills for both reviewers and recipients. Reviewers develop the ability to ...

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 ...

(This is the final post in a three-part series. You can see Part One here and Part Two here.) In Part Two, Joshua Dragoon, N. Chaunte Garrett, Travis Bristol, Kristina Doubet, and Eric Carbaugh ...

Paul Moss explains how to structure online courses to build students’ knowledge methodically towards set learning outcomes and skills which should themselves, be used to shape assessment Over time and ...