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Nicholas, Mark C.; McConnell, Kate Drezek – Assessment Update, 2023
In response to the national excitement around course embedded assessment, various campuses and state-wide college systems engaged in faculty development in assignment prompt development drawn from the literature focused on creating assignments for the classroom. However, while the literature is replete with frameworks, templates, guides,…
Descriptors: Institutional Evaluation, Assignments, Design, Evaluation Methods
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Stephanie Roach; Jennifer Alvey; Kazuko Hiramatsu – Assessment Update, 2024
In this article, the authors contribute to the conversation on High Impact Practice (HIPs) focusing on the connection between sense of accomplishment and what is high impact by discussing data from their study of signature assignments. Signature assignments are assignments within a single course or unit that give students choice, require synthesis…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Assignments, Student Attitudes, Reflection
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Usman Khalid – Assessment Update, 2025
This article speaks on a critical component of independent learning is to cultivate the habit of self-study, which is an effective way of improving students' grades, material understanding, class participation, and confidence. Self-study also enables students to be independent learners, which not only hones their critical and reasoning skills but…
Descriptors: Economics Education, College Seniors, Independent Study, Lifelong Learning
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Grady, Jessica Stoltzfus; Jenefsky, Cyd; Bayers, Leslie; McConnell, Nicholas J. – Assessment Update, 2023
Equity-minded assessment refers to a set of practices that collectively serve to understand, prioritize, and optimize the learning experiences and outcomes of student learners, particularly students from communities who have been historically marginalized or underserved in higher education. The scholarship on equity-minded assessment (Montenegro…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Student Evaluation, Culture Fair Tests, Culturally Relevant Education