EDUC 907 - Performance Assessment Strategies

Credits: 3
Learn effective strategies for using performance assessment as one of the tools for evaluating student understanding in your classroom. This online course introduces you to classroom-based assessment tasks, including visual representations, tasks using writing, oral presentations, and challenging projects and performances. You will be able to explore various methods of assessment. analyzing how they inform the teaching/learning experience. Numerous examples of student projects are examined, along with a series of effective assessment tools. You will have the opportunity to make connections to your own practice, reflecting on how and where performance assessment could enhance your own teaching. NOTE: Required textbooks must be purchased separately.