Classroom Assessment :: Terry Morris

Teacher's Purpose:
- Helps teachers see what their students consider important or memorable, what they consider to be fair and useful test questions, and how well hey can answer the questions other students have posed.
Learner's Purpose:
- Responding helps learners to assess how well they know the material. This can refocus their studying.
Timing:
- End of presentation/lecture
- Close of a discussion
- End of a reading assignment
- End of a unit
Hint:
- Best administered two or three weeks before a major test -- allowing students time for feedback and studying adjustments.
- Studnets need feedback on how their questions compare with the actual test questions.
Feedback:
- Provide e-mail feedback to indivdiual students
- Provide additional resources/review materials if needed.
- Learners answer each other's questions on the discusion board.

Topic:
- English Course
Method:
- Discussion Board
  The instructor intends this CAT to generate discussion for the literature assignment.
Question:
- Students are asked to create a short answer question for the discussion board (instead of for a test) and respond to two other students' questions.
Feedback:
- Learner and teacher posts in the discussion board.
Example Provided By:
- Terri Hilgendorf
  Lewis & Clark Community College
Note: In this example, the instructor was not "teaching for a test" but rather devising a method to actively engage the students in the discussion of a reading assignment.