Student Assessment in Higher Education
A guide for faculty about student assessment
Higher Order Thinking Skills
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How to Assess Higher-Order Thinking Skills in Your ClassroomSusan Brookman's ebook begins with general principles for assessing higher order thinking, and then has chapters specific to assessing such topics as analytical and creative thinking and problem solving.
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Redisciplining generic attributes: the disciplinary context in focusThis 2009 study by Anna Jones, published in Studies in Higher Education, shows that skills such as critical thinking, analysis, problem solving and communication are conceptualised and taught in quite different ways in different disciplines.
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Writing test items to evaluate higher order thinkingHaladyna's book is the classic on this topic. Available on three-day reserve in the TFDL, and in the Doucette Library (371.261 HAW).
Assessing Problem Solving
See pages 25-45 for an explanation of why PISA assesses problem-solving, a definition of problem-solving competence, and a description of their problem-solving assessment tasks.
Assessing Classroom Participation
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Grading Class ParticipationA thoughtful overview from the University of New South Wales.
Assessing Creativity
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The Routledge International Handbook of Creative Learning (ebook)See Chapter 32 (Alternatives in Student Assessment) and Chapter 33 (Judgement, Authority and Legitimacy: Evaluating Creative Learning)
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On Assessing for Creativity: Yes You Can and Yes You ShouldGrant Wiggins argues that it's not only possible, but essential to assess for creativity in a 21st century world.
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Creativity RubricA direct link (from Grant Wiggins blog above) to a rubric for assessing creativity.
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Assessing CreativitySusan Brookhart's "Educational Leadership" article includes a rubric for evaluating creativity and an embedded video about how to assign and assess creative tasks.
Assessing Critical Thinking
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Guide to Rating Critical & Integrative ThinkingA sample rubric from Washington State University.
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Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education (VALUE) Rubrics,A different critical thinking rubric is available here from the Association of American Colleges and Universities, along with rubrics for topics such as Inquiry & Analysis, Problem Solving, Teamwork etc.
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