All students learn differently. Ask questions to see if students are understanding what has been taught, while going over material to see there comprehension of what they have learned.
My goal: Increasing the use of application questions in MCQ. Nice reminder of what makes up good stems and answer choices.
This section reminded me of Bloom's taxonomy and CATs. Increasing active learning and using anonymous exit cards for feedback are areas of concentration for me.
I learned about CAT activities. Utilizing CAT activities, can serve as a link or connection between teaching and testing. As well as demonstrate how well a student is learning, retaking and their ability to apply the information. This can be useful for the instructor to know and gage the students understanding. It also discusses the relevance of individualized versus collective group activities.
Using relative assessments from which the appropriate Blooms level of material is presented I found makes students value the training.
Assessment methods should reflect both the technical skills and soft skills needed for career success. By using both formative and summative assessments, including real-world applications, I can effectively measure student progress and prepare them for future challenges in the workforce.
As an instructor it is important to assess our students on content. It helps to determine content learned. There are multiple ways to assess students but each student should be evaluated consistently without discrimination. Ethics is being introduced more into the education field. Assessment is a critical part of the learning process.
I loved an CAT activity
will try to create small quick not graded quiz about topics discussed during the lecture and discuss answers.
CATs can be used to assess how students are learning by obtaining the student's feedback. Changes to teaching can be made based on the findings.
Having a general understanding of student abilities prior to planning and developing lessons, allows the teacher to include supports in the lessons, projects, and assessment to allow all students to learn, remember and achieve.
I learned that there are may different forms of having informal evaluations that can be used to make sure students are learning the information as best as possible.
This section discusses different ways to evaluate student. Choosing the best way to evaluate your students will determine what you may need to do to alter your teaching style.
Active learning will keep students active and more interested in learning course material.
by using different CAT activities you can gain a better understanding of how well the kids are learning. I also learned that there are different ways to evaluate the kids
Assessing students is a good way of knowing wether the students have gained some knowledge from what the instructor has conducted.. A method of assessing I liked most is the CATs.
Encouraging active student learning should be a goal for instructors.
This module got me to contemplate the use of Formative and Summative assessment, choosing assessment levels based on Bloom's Taxonomy, and using CATS as a 'small scale assessment technique'. It also gave me insight in using assessment for promoting general education in students.
I learned that utilizing CATs activity will assist in determining if students comprehend course material.
It was validating to read that assessing students for their ability to critically think, demonstrate ethical reasoning, etc. is challenging! That is something I have felt for years but to be reassured 'it is not just me' helps :)
The section shows that it is detrimental to have appropriate assessments/testing done to evaluate what has been learned
