2022 Teaching & Assessment Symposium
Collaborative assessment in online teaching: A tool for understanding your students
Location
Virtual
Description
In a world radically changed by the pandemic, facilitating effective social interaction within the classroom has become a significant hurdle while remaining a necessity for students. For years research has advocated for collaborative learning within the classroom and studies have outlined the social, psychological, academic, and assessment benefits derived from collaborative learning within the classroom. Many of these benefits are primarily student-centered, but there are also substantial benefits for an instructor. For a new/novice instructor two of the most challenging aspects of teaching is learning to understand the students and their reasoning and being able to accurately assess the students’ knowledge and understanding.
This presentation will discuss how collaborative assessment using group quizzes can increase student learning outcomes and increase their own knowledge of their students. Participants will learn the importance of carefully constructing the groups of students, the structure and design of quiz material, and the benefits of utilizing group quizzes to assess the students’ understanding and knowledge of the material.
Collaborative assessment in online teaching: A tool for understanding your students
Virtual
In a world radically changed by the pandemic, facilitating effective social interaction within the classroom has become a significant hurdle while remaining a necessity for students. For years research has advocated for collaborative learning within the classroom and studies have outlined the social, psychological, academic, and assessment benefits derived from collaborative learning within the classroom. Many of these benefits are primarily student-centered, but there are also substantial benefits for an instructor. For a new/novice instructor two of the most challenging aspects of teaching is learning to understand the students and their reasoning and being able to accurately assess the students’ knowledge and understanding.
This presentation will discuss how collaborative assessment using group quizzes can increase student learning outcomes and increase their own knowledge of their students. Participants will learn the importance of carefully constructing the groups of students, the structure and design of quiz material, and the benefits of utilizing group quizzes to assess the students’ understanding and knowledge of the material.
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