Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 18, 2015
Method: Formative or summative assessment. Team students up and give them study materials and prep time as a group. This is well-suited to informing you what the class as a whole understands from your teaching, but also creates an excellent study guide for students. Method: Formative assessment. Time: five-ten minutes.
Faculty Focus
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Only this way can we ensure that the assessment is achieving its intended purpose, which is to get students closer to the intended learning outcomes. To this end, developing authentic assessment tasks might be the most effective approach for educators.
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Faculty Focus
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Only this way can we ensure that the assessment is achieving its intended purpose, which is to get students closer to the intended learning outcomes. To this end, developing authentic assessment tasks might be the most effective approach for educators.
eSchool News
APRIL 3, 2025
Instead of investing the time and effort required to study and prepare, they may turn to AI or other shortcuts to complete the task quickly. Research indicates that authentic assessments, which apply classroom learning to real-world contexts, can significantly increase student engagement and minimize cheating.
Edsurge
APRIL 19, 2017
In fact, when the option between taking a course online or in-person is provided, studies show students are more likely to stay in college. Authentic assessments, rather than multiple choice or other online exams, is one alternative that could be explored.
Edsurge
MAY 22, 2017
Students might attend a field trip, using their phones to capture images that support a topic of study. Authentic Assessments—Real World Learning Authentic assessments, specifically, are student centered and focus on real life situations—performing a task, conducting an experiment, designing and building a project.
Faculty Focus
SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
It’s about transforming the educational landscape to allow for greater scalability and more authentic assessment methods, without imposing an overwhelming workload on educators or requiring costly new platforms. In the Stanford and MIT study referenced here, Stanford and MIT study: A.I.
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