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Assessing Students in a Learner-Centered Classroom

This workshop explores what assessment could be like in a classroom that is learner-centered. Specifically, participants: learn about the use and benefits of self and peer assessment, learn how assessment can be used to heighten student learning and make students more aware of how they learn, and brainstorm ways to incorporate these ideas into their assessment practices.

Assessing Students in a Learner Centered Classroom (PDF File containing all workshop material) For online reading: The Key Questions to Ask Ourselves Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice Our Assumptions About Grades Definition of Assessment Elements of Evaluation That Promote Learning Peer Assessment The Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education Comparison of Conventional and Learner-Centered School Level Characteristics Hallmarks of Learner-Centered Assessment Paradigms of Learning Using Assessment to Make Your Classroom More Learner-Centered Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATS) Effective Assessment Formats Characteristics of an Exemplary Assessment Task Learner-Centered Assessment Resources A Good Learner Is Someone Who...

Learner-centered teaching does not deny the importance of grades. (Weimer, 2002) Evaluation changes when teaching is learner-centered. (Weimer, 2002)

 

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