Additional Resources

Additional Resources:

• Jesse Stommel blog
• Empathizing with Students, podcast interview with Jesse Stommel
• Start by Trusting Students, interview in Chronicle of Higher Education
• Critical Digital Pedagogy, a summary of the book and links to the journal, Hybrid Pedagogy 

• The University of Michigan's Center for Research on Teaching and Learning guide, Designing Effective Exams provides guidelines for creating effective multiple-choice questions. 

• Cited in the guide above, this occasional paper offers some sample scenario-based questions. 

• Yale University's Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning guide, Designing Assessment Questions.

• Carnegie Mellon University's Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation guide, Creating Exams

Articles

Assessing your program-level assessment plan, IDEA Paper #45 

Angelo, T. A. (1991), Ten easy pieces: Assessing higher learning in four dimensions. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1991: 17–31.

One Educator's Rationale for Student Self-Assessments by Laura Ross, Maryville University.  The Scholarly Teacher Blog Post, 2020.

Books

Assessing Student Learning: A Common Sense Guide, Linda Suskie, 2009

Assessment Clear and Simple: A Practical Guide for Institutions, Departments, and General Education, 2nd Ed., Barbara Walvoord, 2010

Classroom Assessment Techniques by Thomas Angelo and Patricia Cross, 1993

Introduction to Rubrics: An Assessment Tool to Save Grading Time, Convey Effective Feedback, and Promote Student Learning by Dannelle Stevens and Antonia Levi, 2012

Webpages

Assessment CyberGuide for Learning Goals Outcomes, American Psychological Association, 2009.

• A resource applicable to fields other than psychology, with sections on understanding assessment, designing viable assessment plans, sustaining an assessment culture, and applying strategies.

Commenting on Student Writing Effectively and Efficiently - GVSU SWS Workshop led by Dr. Jerry Stinnett, Department of Writing 

Designing "Scoring Rubrics" For Your Classroom by Craig A. Mertler at Bowling Green State University

• helps faculty design rubrics that are used when evaluating student performances or products resulting from a performance task.

FLAG -- The Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide

• offers classroom assessments that have been field tested and are described in detail by university faculty who have incorporated them into their courses.
• These assessments were created specifically for science and technology courses, but are broadly applicable.

National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment

• offers a wealth of resources, including occasional papers, case studies of good assessment practices, and assessment briefs.