What Do You Already Know about Assessment in Online Learning

Which of the following statements best describes your understanding of assessment in general?

• Assessment is the systematic process of gathering, interpreting, and using information to help teachers make good instructional decisions.

• Assessment refers to the systematic development and conduct of tests and exams in order to ascertain student learning.

• Assessment involves making judgments about what students know and can do in relation to the learning outcomes of the course.

• Assessment is done to measure students’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes

Online assessments provide teachers with timely and useful feedback to teaching and learning.

• True

• False

In an online learning environment, formative assessment is more important than summative assessment.

• True

• False

Which of the following types of assessments CANNOT be done in an online learning environment?

• Performance-based Assessment

• Self and Peer Assessments

• Portfolio Assessment

• Authentic Assessment

• None of the above

According to Hattie and Timperley (2007), feedback is a powerful way to affect student achievement. They identified three distinct components of effective feedback which teachers must use: feed up, feed back and feed forward. Feed up is _____.

• Creating tests that measure what students know

• Clarifying the learning goal for students

• Providing students information about their progress or lack of it

• Identifying ways to modify teaching and facilitate deeper learning

According to Hattie and Timperley (2007), feedback is a powerful way to affect student achievement. They identified three distinct components of effective feedback which teachers must use: feed up, feed back and feed forward. Feed back is _____.

• Creating tests that measure what students know

• Clarifying the learning goal for students

• Providing students information about their progress or lack of it

• Identifying ways to modify teaching and facilitate deeper learning

According to Hattie and Timperley (2007), feedback is a powerful way to affect student achievement. They identified three distinct components of effective feedback which teachers must use: feed up, feed back and feed forward. Feed forward is _____.

• Creating tests that measure what students know

• Clarifying the learning goal for students

• Providing students information about their progress or lack of it

• Identifying ways to modify teaching and facilitate deeper learning