This section of the web site explains the principles that are the foundation for assessing your performance and the methods I will use to assess your level of learning. You should see strong connections between the teaching philosophy and method, the levels of learning and the course objectives.
Some students equate effort with learning.
You may also feel that you have learned a great deal in a course and that your grade should reflect this amount of learning. Assessment is most effective when it reflects an understanding of learning as multidimensional, integrated, and revealed performance over time. Assessment works best when the programs it seeks to improve have clear, explicitly stated purposes. Assessment requires attention to outcomes but also and equally to the experiences that lead to those outcomes. Assessment works best when it is ongoing, not episodic.