Course Guide
Course Guide
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Assessment in learning is a course that will help pre-service teachers approach
teaching in the process of gathering data to better understand the strengths and
weaknesses of each students. The authors believe that once pre-service teachers grasp
the essence of assessment, they will be able to improve teaching and learning upon
considering valuable information about student learning.
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Preface 3
Honor Code 4
Table of Contents 5
Course Syllabus 7
Module 1: Nature and Roles of Assessment 15
Pre-assessment 19
Activity 21
Analysis 21
Abstraction 22
Application 27
Post-assessment 28
Module 2: Shift of Educational Focus from Content to Learning 30
Outcomes
Pre-assessment 34
Activity 36
Analysis 38
Abstraction 39
Application 43
Post-assessment 44
Module 3: Principles of High-Quality Assessment 46
Pre-assessment 50
Activity 52
Analysis 53
Abstraction 54
Application 70
Post-assessment 72
Module 4: Development of Tools for Classroom-Bases Assessment 74
Pre-assessment 78
Activity 80
Analysis 80
Abstraction 83
Application 96
Post-assessment 97
Pre-Assessment and Post-Assessment Answer Keys 99
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