Improving Assessments

November 20, 2024

Fostering Positive Conceptions of Assessment Among Students

Reading Time: 8 minutes The way students perceive assessments can significantly influence their engagement and overall experience in your course (Barnes et al, 2017). For many, assessments are seen...

Creating Assessments/Improving Assessments

October 10, 2024

Is it time to refresh my rubric? A checklist when your rubric needs a tune-up

Reading Time: 3 minutes Do you have a rubric that you’ve been seeing a lot of lately? Perhaps there’s one rubric you’ve been using to grade multiple submissions this...

Assessing Learning/Improving Assessments/Rubrics and Marking

October 9, 2024

Understanding your Students’ Conceptions of Assessment for a Better Learning Experience

Reading Time: 7 minutes Have you ever noticed that some students approach assessments with excitement and curiosity, while others seem overwhelmed with anxiety or disengaged? The way students perceive...

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August 9, 2024

Getting Creative with Assessment Design

Reading Time: 3 minutes Where you find yourself Are you building an assignment from the ground up while creating or revising a course outline? Or perhaps you’re looking to...

Creating Assessments/Improving Assessments/Student Focused Assessment

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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January 30, 2024

Leveraging Peer Feedback as a Learning Tool

Reading Time: 4 minutes Peer feedback or review refers to a process where students review and make judgements about the work of their peers (Nicole et al., 2014). During...

Assessing Learning/Improving Assessments/Student Focused Assessment

November 21, 2023

Using Assessment Analysis Features on eConestoga

Reading Time: 3 minutes Recent updates to eConestoga mean all course shells now include three assessment analysis features visible only to faculty. These features provide valuable data on students’...

Assessing Learning/Improving Assessments

November 24, 2021

Supporting Marked Group Writing Assignments

Reading Time: 6 minutes Prepared by the Teaching & Learning team, this tip provides advice to faculty supporting collaborative group writing assignments, including reports and papers, as well as...

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