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What is assessment? Why is it important?

14782 Introduction
In any academic environment, assessment is a vital way to identify long-term student development and weigh the execution of necessary, learned skills. Yet, as the Albert Einstein quote suggests, the layers of assessment are not always as apparent as one would desire. In any medium, they often involve measuring critical content as well as rhetorical and increasingly aesthetic choices. This is particularly true with regards to multimodal projects whose immediate (albeit desired), polished appearance can complicate the way in which we evaluate critical thinking. That is, at first glance, their appearance may mask conceptual issues. Review of Scalar projects should strike a balance between evaluating design choices and assessing the development of the written content.  
 

This page has paths:

  1. Assessment vs. Evaluation Denna Iammarino
  2. Content Section of the Grade Sheet Kristine Kelly
  3. Evaluation and Assessment Kristine Kelly
  4. Sample Scalar Grade Sheet Denna Iammarino

Contents of this path:

  1. Difficulties Assessing Multimodal Projects
  2. Rubrics
  3. Sample Rubric
  4. Rubric for Text Analyis Book
  5. Grade Sheets
  6. Design Section of Grade Sheet
  7. Content Section of the Grade Sheet
  8. Hypothes.is
  9. Hypothes.is: How Does it Work?