In this chapter, the author addresses what she thinks is the most difficult job of an instructor—effectively assessing what students have learned. Most instructors can articulate what they want students to know at the end of a unit or class, but devising questions that help to measure whether or not they have is extremely difficult. When instructors were asked if they had analyzed their own exams, very few of them had given it any thought. This chapter encourages instructors to take an hour to evaluate their exams, and then take awhile to see if what is done in class matches what is expected from students on exams.
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Type Book ChapterPub Date 2/1/2009Stock # PB231X_20