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Download full textAitken, Joan E. – 1993
As part of a state-mandated assessment process, faculty and students need innovative approaches which can empower them to learn, grow, and change in the classroom. The University of Missouri-Kansas City Department of Communication Studies uses three types of student portfolios: (1) a university-wide portfolio of the student's work in all courses…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, College Faculty, Higher Education, Portfolios (Background Materials)
Peer reviewedThomas, Karen F.; Barksdale-Ladd, Mary Alice – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1994
Outlines the potential for using whole language for remediation of reading disabilities. Criticizes current approaches to remediation. Discusses six principles of whole language instruction that are effective for remediation. Describes four whole-language programs that have successfully remediated students. Suggests alternative assessment…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Higher Education, Program Descriptions, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedBerardi, Gigi; Burns, Dan; Duran, Phillip; Gonzalez-Plaza, Roberto; Kinley, Sharon; Robbins, Lynn; Williams, Ted; Woods, Wayne – Journal of American Indian Education, 2003
A pilot program at Northwest Indian College (Washington) teaches tribal resource management from the Native perspective. The program is built on principles of articulation of both tribal and Western knowledge, support and non-abandonment of students, and developmental education. Student assessment eliminates punitive measures and focuses on…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, American Indian Education, Biculturalism, Culturally Relevant Education
