Classroom Assessment (CA)

• Questions Teachers Ask Themselves:
  • How well are students learning?
  • How effectively are teachers teaching?
    
    
• Answering These Questions:
  • Monitor students' learning
  • Analyze responses
  • Provide feedback
    
    
• Purpose:
  • To empower both teachers and their learners to improve the quality of learning in the classroom (in our case -- virtual classroom!)
    
    
• Definitive Resource:
  • Classroom Assessment Techniques:
    A Handbook for College Teachers, 2nd Edition
    Jossey-Bass Publishers,
    Thomas Angelo & K. Patricia Cross, 1993