Formative assessments are tools used during instruction to provide real-time feedback, helping both students and educators make immediate improvements. Unlike summative assessments, which evaluate ...

Rachel C. Syrja, a teacher on special assignment for the office of instruction in the El Monte City, Calif., school district, has designed districtwide staff development in assessment for learning, ...

UB Learns offers a variety of formative and summative assessment tools. Choosing the correct tool such as surveys, self-assessments or quizzes can benefit the students as well as instructor. For ...

Teachers usually can’t use standardized tests to accelerate students’ learning. The tests are often too general and the results too slow in coming to help teachers make daily instructional decisions.

While the content and focus of feedback offered to students will depend on each individual course and assignment, several principles transcend disciplinary boundaries. When setting up feedback ...

During the uncertainty of the past few years, instructors have been asked to be flexible and accommodating to our students. In many ways, this has made us more understanding, more approachable, and ...

Effective assessment is a cornerstone of teaching and learning, providing educators with valuable insights into student progress, understanding, and achievement. Whether you're teaching a large ...

Students self-assess their knowledge, ability and thinking within many of the active learning modalities. For example, in writing their Muddiest Point, students are actively engaged in metacognition.

The scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL) is the systematic inquiry into student learning and teaching practices in higher education (Hutchings, P., & Shulman, L. S., 1999). Action research is ...

The Center for Teaching and Learning fosters a collaborative faculty community that builds on current best pedagogical practices across all disciplines and teaching modalities at Pratt: classroom, ...