What is it? Kahoot! is a service which allows people to make online quizzes which learners can join from their mobile devices or computers. It’s quite popular in secondary education. You can play a demo game to learn about Kahoot. It could be used for an in-class pre-quiz or review activity. Students could also make […]
What is it? Traditional assessments, such as written exams, are often held up in opposition to authentic assessments, which align more closely with skills that graduates would be expected to demonstrate in the working world. A video assessment can take many forms: students could record and narrate their solution to a problem (Allain, 2017); record […]
What is it? Exam wrappers are exam-adjacent activities that are intended to promote student reflection on their learning processes and improve their metacognition. Exam wrappers can be administered before and/or after a test. Typical questions on an exam wrapper might be: What strategies did you use to prepare for the test? How effective were those […]
What is it? Multiple-choice tests using CBM (confidence-based marking) require two inputs from students for each question: Their answer choice Their level of confidence in their answer choice A student earns maximum points for a correct answer they are fully confident in. They are penalized for wrong answers that they are strongly confident in. Acknowledged […]
What is it? Two-phase testing splits an exam into two parts. The first part is the typical individual exam, where students work on problems on their own. They then turn in these papers, and receive a second exam, which they work on in groups. The questions on the second exam test the same concepts as […]
What is it? Final exams in STEM subjects are often completely written. However, such assessments do not always align with learning outcomes that involve higher-order skills such as experimental design. An oral exam gives students a chance to demonstrate their mastery of the material and a simulation of professional practice. What are the benefits? When […]
What is it? Concept inventories can be used as a pre-test, to assess prior student knowledge, and as a post-test, to measure learning in a course. They are typically research-based, multiple-choice assessments which have been developed in fields such as physics and astronomy, biology, chemistry, and mathematics. What are the benefits? When used as pre-tests, […]