Classroom Assessment :: Terry Morris

Teacher's Purpose:
- Assesses learner's ability to associate specific problems with general principles
Learner's Purpose:
- Helps leaners recognize the general types of problems they can solve with particular principles
Timing:
- End of presentation/lecture
- Close of a discussion
- End of a reading assignment
Hint:
- Easy assessment to use in any course where students learn rules or principles of practice.
- This assessment does not work well with beginners.
Feedback:
- Tabulate responses, note patterns, ask students to justify their choices
- E-mail students individually if appropriate with additional resources
- Post results in an announcement or discusion board.

Topic:
- Web Design
Method:
- Survey with multiple answer question (mutiple options can be selected as the answer)
Question:
- The URL of a web site to review is provided.
  "Which web design best practice do you recommend to improve this site?"
  The possible answers for selection contain a list of web design best practices.
Feedback:
- Learners complete the survey and the course management system collects responses. Instructor reads responses and posts the results in a discussion thread and students comment on how to implement the best practice.