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Exercises
Consider the assumptions that underlie how you tend to choose assessment methods, and the degree to
which these may be informed by implicit disciplinary or cultural norms.
Check off all the methods you typically use to assess student learning. Add any techniques that are
missing from the list. For each method that you use, evaluate which factors play a role in your choice
to use that technique. Add any factors that are missing from our list.
Why do I use this method of assessment? Check all that apply
METHOD
Multiple-choice or
close-ended quizzes/
tests/exams
Essay exams
Term papers
Response or reflection
papers
Group projects
Class presentations

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Based on the table on p. 79, the factors that have most often guided or influenced my choice of
assessment methods up until now are:
1. Look again at the reasons that you indicated shape your choice of assessment methods. List at
least two assumptions that might underlie these choices. Assumptions might be related to: how
students learn best, how students can best demonstrate their learning, the student-teacher
relationship, constraints that limit your agency as a teacher, expectations from students or
expectations from your department or faculty.
a)
b)
2. Stretch your imagination: If I were to include additional or new assessment methods that were
shaped by responsiveness to students and my learning objectives, two methods I might explore
as possibilities are:
a)
b)
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Assessment of learning
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