Tips & Tools for Assessing Student Learning Part 2

1. Tips & Tools for Assessing Student Learning Part 2 Presented by EdTech & CERTI

2. How do we bridge the gap? Assessment & Learning Objectives & Teaching

3. Please take a couple of minutes to… write down a learning objective of your own and explain how you would measure that it has been met.

4. What is a learning objective? A learning objective is a statement that clearly describes what a learner will be able to do at the end of the lesson (unit/chapter/module).

5. Learning Objective or Course Goal?

6. Objectives • Become familiar with learning objectives and why they are important. • Be able to use an online tool to write learning objectives. • Understand the difference between vague learning objectives and specific measureable ones. • Learn some Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATS).

7. How will we know the objectives for this session are met?

8. Objectives • Become familiar with learning objectives and why they are important. • Be able to use an online tool to write learning objectives. • Understand the difference between vague learning objectives and specific measureable ones. • Learn some Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATS).

9. How might this objective be improved? • Become familiar with learning objectives and why they are important.

10. Revised Objective Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to… Condition Audience Behavior • Define learning objectives. • Defend why learning objectives are important to a colleague who thinks they are just educational jargon.

11. Improve this objective. 3. Be able to use an online tool to write learning objectives.

12. Revised Objectives continued Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to… Condition Audience Behavior 3. Utilize resources (people, handouts, or online) to write or improve learning objectives.

13. How might this objective be improved? 4. Understand the difference between vague learning objectives and specific measureable ones.

14. Revised Objectives continued Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to… Condition Audience Behavior 4. Transform a vague learning objective into a specific measurable one.

15. How might this objective be improved? 5. Learn some Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATS).

16. Revised Objectives continued Upon completion of this session, participants will be able to… Behavior Condition Audience 5. List at least 3 Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) and the benefits in using them.

17. Why is it important to write learning objectives?

18. Value of Learning Objectives • Instructors know exactly what they are attempting to do. • Learners know exactly what is expected of them. • Learning objectives (LO) provide a focus. • LO allow evaluation of learner performance. • LO provide a means of effective planning.

19. Review of Bloom’s Taxonomy

20. ABCD’s of Objectives Audience Behavior (performance) Condition Degree (criteria)

21. Where is the A,B,C,D? Given a list of appropriate verbs, the learner will be able to write a learning objective with a clearly stated action. Using a French knife, the learner will dice an onion into ½ inch pieces.

22. Revise your own objective • Share with a partner. • If time, try writing more objectives and discuss. • How did you change your original objective? • How did using “ABCD” help in revising or writing your objective? • What learning domain(s) does your objective fall under?

23. Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs)

24. Characteristics of CATs • Typically not graded • Almost always anonymous • Formative assessment • Immediate feedback • Mutually beneficial • Ongoing • Inform teaching and learning

25. Resources • New version of Bloom’s Cognitive Taxonomy Circle • Objective Builder and Bloom’s video • Andrew Church’s Digital Taxonomy • Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide • Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers, Angelo & Cross (may be checked out from CERTI)