The College Classroom Assessment Compendium: A Practical Guide to the College In

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The College Classroom Assessment Compendium provides new and seasoned instructors with comprehensive strategies, perspectives, and solutions for the daily challenges and issues involved in student assessment.

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The College Classroom Assessment Compendium provides new and seasoned instructors with comprehensive strategies, perspectives, and solutions for the daily challenges and issues involved in student assessment. Composed of cross-referenced, research-based entries organized for effective and immediate access, this book provides systematic explanations of assessment policies and practices, including guidelines for classroom implementation. Situated beyond the techniques covered in most instructor training and preparation, these practical entries draw from a variety of disciplines and offer an invaluable reference for college instructors interested in developing coherent, reliable classroom assessment climates.

Author Biography

Jay Parkes is Chair of the Department of Individual, Family, and Community Education and Professor of Educational Psychology in the College of Education at the University of New Mexico, USA.Dawn Zimmaro is Director of Learning Design and Assessment at the Open Learning Initiative at Stanford University, USA.

Table of Contents

DedicationTable of ContentsList of FiguresList of Tables1. Introduction2. Align Assessments to Learning Objectives3. Assessment Philosophy4. Assessment Plan5. Attendance6. Beneficence7. Borderline Grade Cases8. Cheat Sheets or Crib Sheets9. Cheating and Plagiarism10. Collaborative Testing11. Compensatory and Conjunctive Grading12. Contract Grading and Learning Contracts13. Criterion-Referenced Grading Approaches14. Design Assessments First15. Drop a Question16. Drop the Lowest Grade17. Effort18. Equity19. Evaluation Anxiety20. Extra Credit21. Fairness22. Feedback23. Feedback Timing24. FERPA25. Formative and Summative Assessments26. Gatekeeping27. Grade Explanation28. Grade Feeding Frenzy29. Grade Inflation30. Groupwork31. Humor32. Incomplete Grades33. Late Work34. Learning-Oriented Assessment35. Low Test Scores36. Make-up Exams37. Mastery Opportunities38. Missing Assignments39. Non-Cognitive Factors40. Norm-Referenced Grading Approaches41. Not Everything That Matters Must Be Graded42. Online Assessment and Authentication43. Online Discussions44. Online Test Security45. Open-book Exams46. Our Policy on Policies47. Participation48. Peer Assessment49. Personal Disclosures50. Pop Quizzes51. Prior Knowledge52. Quizzing Frequency53. Rubrics54. Scoring Essay Tests, Papers, or Assignments55. Selected- and Constructed-response Questions56. Self-assessment57. Student Choice58. Take-Home Exams59. Test Security60. Zero GradesResourcesReferences

Review

"The College Classroom Assessment Compendium hits the sweet spot where expert substance meets collegial counsel. The table of contents reads like a 'greatest hits' of the assessment topics that college educators must continually address, and the book is packed with gems of practical, in-the-moment advice and the research to back them up. I expect this Compendium will become a relied-upon companion for both faculty and faculty developers alike."—Michael Sweet, Senior Associate Director of the Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning through Research at Northeastern University, USA"Parkes and Zimmaro have created a terrific tool for college classroom assessment that will be useful to both novice and experienced instructors. Organized as brief, readable entries on assessment topics, the book allows users to look up their topic of interest and find the latest research and recommendations. Users of this book will gain confidence in their assessment decisions and garner solid information about student learning that will help both instructors and students."—Susan M. Brookhart, Professor Emerita in the School of Education at Duquesne University, USA"The College Classroom Assessment Compendium is a must-have book for all K-16 educators. Each teaching tip, delivered in two-page vignettes, provides practical, research-based wisdom on difficult issues like fairness in grading, extra credit, or turning in late work. As a teacher and administrator for the past three decades, this is the FIRST resource to which I would direct any faculty member with an interest in improving their craft."—Joseph Gerda, Professor of Mathematics at College of the Canyons, USA

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" The College Classroom Assessment Compendium hits the sweet spot where expert substance meets collegial counsel.The table of contents reads like a 'greatest hits' of the assessment topics that college educators must continually address, and the book is packed with gems of practical, in-the-moment advice and the research to back them up. I expect this Compendium will become a relied-upon companion for both faculty and faculty developers alike." --Michael Sweet , Senior Associate Director of the Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning through Research at Northeastern University, USA "Parkes and Zimmaro have created a terrific tool for college classroom assessment that will be useful to both novice and experienced instructors. Organized as brief, readable entries on assessment topics, the book allows users to look up their topic of interest and find the latest research and recommendations. Users of this book will gain confidence in their assessment decisions and garner solid information about student learning that will help both instructors and students." --Susan M. Brookhart , Professor Emerita in the School of Education at Duquesne University, USA " The College Classroom Assessment Compendium isa must-have book for all K-16 educators. Each teaching tip, delivered in two-page vignettes,provides practical, research-based wisdom on difficult issues like fairness in grading, extra credit, or turning in late work. As a teacher and administrator for the past three decades, this is the FIRST resource to which I would direct any faculty member with an interest in improving their craft." --Joseph Gerda, Professor of Mathematics at College of the Canyons, USA and recommendations. Users of this book will gain confidence in their assessment decisions and garner solid information about student learning that will help both instructors and students." --Susan M. Brookhart , Professor Emerita in the School of Education at Duquesne University, USA " The College Classroom Assessment Compendium isa must-have book for all K-16 educators. Each teaching tip, delivered in two-page vignettes,provides practical, research-based wisdom on difficult issues like fairness in grading, extra credit, or turning in late work. As a teacher and administrator for the past three decades, this is the FIRST resource to which I would direct any faculty member with an interest in improving their craft." --Joseph Gerda, Professor of Mathematics at College of the Canyons, USA

Details ISBN1138240249 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd ISBN-10 1138240249 ISBN-13 9781138240247 Format Hardcover Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Year 2017 Author Dawn Zimmaro Pages 242 Affiliation Stanford University, USA DEWEY 371.27 Short Title The College Classroom Assessment Compendium Language English Illustrations 8 Tables, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white Publication Date 2017-12-13 AU Release Date 2017-12-13 NZ Release Date 2017-12-13 UK Release Date 2017-12-13 Subtitle A Practical Guide to the College Instructor's Daily Assessment Life Alternative 9781138240261 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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