University Teaching Assessment Sources
Assessment
Resource materials about assessment in higher education are linked from this page, sponsored by the Educational Development (ED) Team and based on the Jewry Street site of London Guildhall University.Assessment Forum (AAHE)
This page, sponsored by the American Association for Higher Education, includes readings about online assessment and electronic discussion lists.A Brief Summary Of The Best Practices In College Teaching: Intended to Challenge the Professional Development of All Teachers
Tom Drummond, a faculty member at North Seattle Community College, has compiled this list of best practices in college teaching. He discusses lecture practices; group discussion triggers; thoughtful questions; reflective responses to learner contributions; rewarding learner participation; active learning strategies; cooperative group assignments; goals to grades connections; modeling; double loop feedback; climate setting; and fostering learner self-responsibility.Classroom Assessment Techniques
This site is sponsored by the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville office of Undergraduate Assessment & Program Review. It includes specific ideas for implementing a variety of assessment techniques.Critical Issue Bibliography (CRIB) Sheet Assessment
This bibliography, from the ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education, includes links to Web resources as well as citations for ERIC Documents and journal articles about assessment in higher education.Critical Issue Bibliography (CRIB) Sheet: Improving Teaching and Learning
This bibliography, from the ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education, includes a section on assessment in higher education which provides abstracts of journal articles and documents.Distance Education: Assessment
Carolyn Johnson and Joyce Meldrem, librarians in Owens Library at Northwest Missouri State University, have created an annotated list of links to sites providing information about assessment of distance education.Grading Students' Classroom Writing
This Eric Digest, from the ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education, "discusses the relation of the writing process to the grading process, ways to construct effective writing assignments, theoretical issues in grading related to fairness and professional judgment, ways to include students in the assessment of writing, and guidelines professors can use to provide effective feedback for students to revise their writing."An Introduction to Classroom Assessment Techniques
This discussion of classroom assessment techniques includes several ideas that can easily be adapted to the the online environment. The source was created by the Center for Excellence in Learning & Teaching at Penn State.National Institute for Science Education: College Level One: Innovations in STEM Education
This page includes links to resources that provide succinct guides to incorporating effective assessment strategies into the teaching process. The site is sponsored by "[t]he NISE College Level One Team, based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, [which] is a nationwide community of post-secondary science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (STEM) faculty, education researchers, faculty developers, and students."Teaching Tips Index
This list of teaching tips includes ideas for assessment and other issues related to teaching. The site is part of the services offered by the Office of Faculty Development at Honolulu Community College.
The following instructions can be used to locate articles about the use of assessment methods in college or university teaching.
Use the ERIC database via Search for Articles to locate articles:
Use the Education Full Text database via Search for Articles to locate articles:
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