Clifford Osburn

Rubrics improve students' end products and therefore increase learning. When students receive rubrics prior to the assignment, they have a better understanding of how they will be evaluated and can prepare accordingly. 

 Norm-referenced assessments are most appropriate when the instructor wants to compare  a large number of students or needs to make a decision regarding student placement and advancement

What is summative assessment?
I learned that a summative assessment is an assessment that is conducted at a particular point in time, occurring at the conclusion of a lesson, project, unit, or course to determine what students know and what they do not know. I learned that it is important for formative assessment to be ongoing because student learning is ongoing. 

I've learned the reasons why is it important to ask students for feedback regarding the effectiveness of technology assessment tools,  which will helped the instructor determine whether or not the technology was helpful or caused difficulty. Feedback from the students' provides valuable insight to analyze before teaching the course again using the assessment method. 

The biggest takeaway for me is the “three-legged stool” idea... assessments before, during, and after a lesson. If one is missing, the whole thing is off. Before checks what students know, during guides them, and after shows what they learned.

Feedback also stood out. Online, you don’t get those quick in person moments, so timely (and even voice) feedback matters a lot more.

I liked the approach to cheating, not trying to eliminate it altogether, but designing better, scenario based questions that force actual thinking instead of easy lookups.

Going forward, I’d make sure I’m using all three types of… >>>