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June 5, 2024

Designing and Implementing Socio-culturally Responsive and Equitable Classroom Assessments

Reading Time: 5 minutes This post was co-authored by Dr. David Baidoo-Anu and Dr. Monsurat Raji, Assessment of Learning Consultants. Given the increased diversities in our classrooms today, student...

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May 22, 2024

Understanding Socio-Culturally Responsive Assessments

Reading Time: 3 minutes This post was co-authored by Dr. Monsurat Raji and Dr. David Baidoo-Anu, Assessment of Learning Consultants. As postsecondary schools continue to educate a more diverse...

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February 6, 2024

Peer Feedback: Grading Tool versus Assessment Tool

Reading Time: 3 minutes Peer feedback is a powerful classroom assessment tool that you can leverage to support students’ learning (Patchan et al, 2015; Yu & Schunn, 2023). Particularly...

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December 13, 2023

Using Exemplars to Support Student Success with Assessments

Reading Time: 3 minutes Exemplars are “carefully chosen samples of student work which are used to illustrate dimensions of quality and to clarify assessment expectations” (Carless & Chan, 2017,...

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November 15, 2023

Academic Integrity and Assessment in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)

Reading Time: 4 minutes A fair and accurate assessment provides evidence of a student’s learning under their own cognitive efforts. Concerns around academic integrity, however, can cast doubt on an...

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October 26, 2023

Proctoring Technologies for Test & Exams

Reading Time: 3 minutes Effective test and exam proctoring is an important part of the work that we do as faculty to ensure integrity and create supportive spaces for...

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September 28, 2023

Planning and Facilitating Effective Peer Assessment

Reading Time: 4 minutes Peer assessment, also called peer review, is an instructional approach that allows learners to consider, evaluate, and provide feedback on the level, value, or quality...

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September 15, 2023

Rubric Quick Guide: Levels and Point Values

Reading Time: 3 minutes This quick guide provides directions and options related to level structure and assignment of point values for rubrics that reduce grade creep – See Updating...

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August 3, 2023

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Assessment Statements for Students

Reading Time: 3 minutes Before we get started, please note: The college continues to update its guidelines for experimentation with genAI technologies in teaching and learning. Consult the AI...

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July 7, 2023

Advising Students on Detection Software Used in Assessments

Reading Time: 3 minutes This guide is provided to you by Teaching and Learning and the Privacy Office at Conestoga. Messaging to Students on Detection Software Used in Assessments...

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