Direct Assessment refers to any method of collecting data that requires students to demonstrate a knowledge, skill, or behavior, normally as part of the regular educational experience of students in ...

Assessment of student learning can be conducted using a variety of available instruments and methods. Many experts believe that a combination of assessment approaches can be the most effective way to ...

Effective teachers use various forms of classroom assessment to monitor students’ progress. Assessments are used to track learning retention, but they can also be a way for teachers to find out if ...

Capstone courses integrate knowledge, concepts, and skills associated with an entire sequence of study in a program. This method of assessment is unique because the courses themselves become the ...

A difficult undertaking is to isolate the exact makeup of accounting research. The methods, goals and focus of accounting research tends to shift over time. Historically, a large part of defining a ...

Assessment methods in medical education have evolved substantially over recent decades, incorporating a variety of tools designed to evaluate both basic recall and higher order cognitive skills.

Built on the constructs of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Culturally Responsive Assessment argues for an intentional focus on conducting assessment in ways that recognize and support the needs of our ...

Dr Naomi Winstone has received funding from the Society for Research into Higher Education. david.boud@deakin.edu.au has received funding from the Australian Research Council. University of Surrey ...

The first step in designing or choosing a wetland assessment is to determine the management question driving the assessment, the information required to answer that question, and the time, funding, ...

This article is part of a Health Affairs Forefront short series, “Enhancing Value By Evaluating Health Care Services.” The series discusses ways to extend the use of tools for clinical and economic ...

Most programs will utilize a sampling method to obtain student work – especially when using the method of course-embedded assessment. Sampling is used to keep the assessment process manageable when ...