Category Assessment
🌊 What is the mass of a cubic centimetre of water? 📏 How many kilometres are there between UVic and Swartz Bay? 📚 What is the volume of books in the library? Each of these questions may be answered with… Continue Reading →
In higher ed, there is an expectation that student work will be of sufficient academic quality, often called ‘rigour’. This is why the University of Victoria publishes the grading standards in every syllabus, and why we also published information about… Continue Reading →
Feedback Please take a few minutes to read Hattie’s book section Feedback in Schools, linked here. As you read, make note in particular of the three feedback questions, Where am I going?, How am I going? and, Where to next?… Continue Reading →
Validity and reliability are two important ideas that must be considered when thinking about assessment in any context, and especially in learning environments. An assessment is considered valid if it directly measures the product of the stated outcomes, or, stated… Continue Reading →
2021 Image: Jamie Morrison on Unsplash In this topic we are going to look at some strategies to help you plan your assessments to increase the validity and reliability of the inferences that you draw from the evidence of… Continue Reading →