Beyond tests and quizzes
Subtitle: creative assessments in college classrooms
By: Richard J. Mezeske, Barbara A. Mezeske, editors.
Contributors: Mezeske, Richard J.; Mezeske, Barbara A.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2007
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780470180839
Subjects: College students -- Rating of -- Case studies; Grading and marking (Students) -- Case studies; Creative teaching -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : why these assessment opportunities make sense in a world where assessment of factual knowledge has taken hold / Elizabeth Gayton; title: Why creative assessment? / Richard J. Mezeske, Barbara A. Mezeske; title: Concept mapping : assessing pre-service teachers' understanding and knowledge / Richard J. Mezeske; title: Getting creative in a required course : variable grading, learning logs, and authentic testing / Barbara A. Mezeske; title: "From now on you'll be history" : the transition from memorization to analysis / Janis M. Gibbs; title: Resurrecting the lab practical / Kathy Winnett-Murray; title: Exams as learning experiences : one nutty idea after another / Thomas Smith; title: Web-based instruction and assessment in a German culture course / Lee Forester; title: Challenging students (and the professor) to use all of their brains : a semester-long exercise in thinking styles and synthesis / Elizabeth A. Trembley; title: Demonstrating synthesis : technology assessment tools for field experience learning / Susan Cherup; title: Assessing an engineering design team project : build it, and they will come / Michael Misovich, Roger Veldman; title: Tracking learning over time in health care education using clinical proficiency transcripts / Richard Ray; title: Verbing the noun : grammar in action / Rhoda Janzen; title: Hands-on assessment can work for pre-service elementary teachers / Mary DeYoung; title: Building assignments within community : assessment in the real world / David B. Schock; title: Conclusion : do classroom assessment techniques improve student learning and fulfill larger assessment goals? / Scott VanderStoep, Carla Reyes.