Design/Assess Teaching/Learn

Catalog description

This condensed intensive summer course consists of several modules which concentrate on factors related to classroom assessment including: reliability, validity, bias, construction of test, selecting items, and interpretation of data as it relates to the adolescent learner. Time in class will be workshop based and will focus on a variety of instructional strategies, assessment tools, and plans for putting these into practice in the classroom. Candidates will have an exposure to and experience with creating a personal philosophy of assessment, a learner map, and multiple types of assessment in their content area. We will also focus on the importance of data collected in assessment and how to use that data to drive further instruction.