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Boye, Allison P. – IDEA Center, Inc., 2019
Essay exams offer many benefits for instructors who seek to vary their assessment methods and engage students in critical discourse, yet they also pose many challenges and require thoughtful construction and evaluation. The author provides an extensive overview of the literature to illuminate best practices for designing and assessing effective…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Prompting, Responses, Writing Assignments
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Meyer, Carol A. – Educational Leadership, 1992
Uses two direct writing assignments to show that performance assessment denotes the kind of student response to be examined, whereas authentic assessment denotes assessment context. Although not all performance assessments are authentic, it is difficult to imagine an authentic assessment that would not also be a performance assessment. Educators…
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Performance Based Assessment
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Tewksbury, Barbara J. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 1996
Describes how one geology teacher relies on written and oral assignments both as learning tools and as a means to motivate students and assess their work. Frequent written and oral assignments dramatically improve the levels of engagement and learning. Presents some advantages of written and oral assignments and includes examples. (PVD)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Assignments, Critical Thinking, Earth Science
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Heerman, Barbara – Councilor, 1993
Maintains traditional grading techniques can be a form of authentic assessment. Discusses three aspects of authentic assessment: (1) interdisciplinary problem-solving; (2) grading process as well as the product; and (3) developing a grading rubric to be shared with students. (CFR)
Descriptors: Civics, Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education, Constitutional Law