This assesses how students solve problems and how well students understand and can describe their problem-solving methods. Videotaped Protocols - Students are recorded talking and working through the process of solving a problem. Assessing Skill in Application and Performance Directed Paraphrasing - Students paraphrase part of a lesson for a specific audience and purpose, using their own words. This lets faculty know how well students understand the possible applications of what students have learned. Teachers see what their students consider the most important or memorable content, what they understand as fair and useful test questions, and how well they can answer the questions they have posed.
Students demonstrate their ability to apply what they know by performing it.
The Paper Prospectus prompts students to thin through elements of the assignment, such as the topic, purpose, intended audience, major questions to be answered, basic organization, and time and resources required. The Project Prospectus focuses on tasks to be accomplished, skills to be improved, and products to be developed. Faculty discover student opinions about course-related issues. The second entry explains the personal significance of the passage selected and responds to that passage. Detailed feedback is provided on how students read, analyze, and respond to assigned texts.