ASSESSMENTS & RUBRICS
Enhance your understanding of assessments and rubrics in STEM education through a comprehensive webinar covering terminology, proposal strategies, and practical usage of materials design rubrics. Delve into setting learning goals, aligning outcomes, and designing instructional strategies for successful student assessment and achievement.
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ASSESSMENTS & RUBRICS MODIFIED FROM PRESENTATIONS BY ELLEN IVERSON (SERC) AND DAVID STEER (U OF AKRON) The webinar begins at: 1 pm PT | 2 pm MT | 3 pm CT | 4 pm ET 3 pm PT | 4 pm MT | 5 pm CT | 6 pm ET For audio, call: 1-877-668-4490 (or 1-408-792-6300) 805 841 242 # Press *6 to mute and unmute (but hopefully we won t need any muting) Headphones give less feedback than speakerphone. This work is supported by the National Science Foundation s Transforming Undergraduate Education in STEM program within the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (DUE-1245025). Questions, contact education-AT-unavco.org
FOLLOW UP WORK BEFORE FEBRUARY 5 WEBINAR Navigate to Reporting page in your module and fill in Team Member Information for you (near the bottom of the page) Navigate to Checkpoint 1 Workpage and copy in the notes related to Alignment with Guiding Principles Do a call with your author partner to discuss module goals. Input ideas to Checkpoint 1 Workpage
GOALS FOR THIS WEBINAR By the end of the webinar you will be able to: 1. Define and use typical terminology associated with assessments, and rubrics 2. Propose assessments for different outcomes and levels 3. Access and use the GETSI Materials Design Rubric particularly for Goals and Assessments
LINKING GOALS AND PROCESS: THE MATERIALS DESIGN RUBRIC A. B. Grand Challenges Interdisciplinary problems (geoscience & social science tied together) Nature and methods of science Authentic geodesy data and inquiry Quantitative skills C. D. 1. Guiding Principles 2. Learning Goals and Outcomes 3. Assessment and Measurement 4. Resources and Materials 5. Instructional Strategies 6. Alignment E. Must score 100% - 15/15 Must score 83% or higher
Identify Module Learning Goals THE APPROACH Plan Identify teaching & learning outcomes for individual units Instructional Strategies to implement teaching resources Determine how to assess and measure student success on goals and outcomes Design teaching resources and materials to match assessments
LEARNING GOALSAND OUTCOMES What is required from the Materials Development Rubric? Learning outcomes describe measureable geoscience literacy goals Instructions and/or rubrics provide guidance for how students meet learning goals Learning outcomes and goals are appropriate for the intended use of the course/module Learning outcomes and goals are clearly stated for each module in language suitable for the level of the students Learning outcomes and goals address the process and nature of science and development of scientific habits of mind Must score 13/15 on this section
WRITING LEARNING OUTCOMES Describe conditions under which behavior is to be performed Use action verbs State Criteria Add the product, process or outcome From Climate Unit: After completing this unit, students will be able to correctly distinguish between forced and unforced climate change.
LEARNING OUTCOMES Learning Outcomes target different levels of learning Mastery: complex tasks likely to have varying levels of progress Developmental: lower level tasks required before moving on
DOK Levels are not sequential. Students need not fully master content with Level 1 tasks before doing Level 2 tasks. DOK levels are also not developmental. All students, including the youngest preschoolers, are capable of strategic and extended thinking tasks. What they look like will differ, and what is Level 3 to a kindergarten student may be a Level 1 task for a middle schooler. All students, however, should have opportunities to do complex reasoning.
LINKING GOALSAND PROCESS: THE MATERIALS DESIGN RUBRIC 1. Guiding Principles 2. Learning Goals and Outcomes 3. Assessment and Measurement 4. Resources and Materials 5. Instructional Strategies 6. Alignment
ASSESSMENTSAND MEASUREMENTS What is required from the Materials Development Rubric? Assessments measure the learning goals Assessments are criterion referenced Assessments are consistent with course activities and resources expected Assessments are sequenced, varied and appropriate to the content Assessments address goals at successively higher cognitive levels Must score 13/15 on this section
ASSESSMENTSAND MEASUREMENTS There are two broad categories of assessments: Formative: While the learning is occurring Purpose to monitor student learning Immediate feedback Help students & faculty identify weaknesses Low stakes Summative: After learning has occurred Purpose to evaluate learning against some benchmark High stakes (graded)
ASSESSMENTSAND MEASUREMENTS What are formative and summative assessment strategies that you find most effective? FORMATIVE Bobby: Discussion posts about papers/concepts; anonymous in class quizzes related to last 5 minutes recap as needed (Socrative App) Venkatesh: In class assignments such as numerical examples Becca: observations and discussions in class (likes real-time feedback and not graded) ready to move on or not? SUMMATIVE Bobby: likes projects--actively creating; larger projects are highest on the Bloom s tax Venkatesh: quizzes & exams Question Homework assignments? formative or summative? Becca: has made level-1, level-2, level-3 assessment categories to see the cognitive level achieved
ASSESSMENTSAND MEASUREMENTS What are formative and summative assessment strategies that you find most effective? FORMATIVE Susan: new to using formative assessment; entrance or exit tickets to class; has found it really valuable addition; picking up misconceptions Karen: think-pair-share; concept tests w/ clickers; worksheets together during class Bruce: worksheets in small groups Beth: informal discussions during activities SUMMATIVE Susan: most interesting is collaborative portions of exams; more difficult material Karen: project & presentation; collaborative exams Bruce: larger, longer project reports Other Susan: mostly in upper division courses Karen: intro level
ASSESSMENTSAND MEASUREMENTS What will the assessment team need from classroom testing? Enough assessment opportunities to conclusively demonstrate the level of learning achieved Unit-level (learning outcomes) Both formative and summative Module-level (module goals) SUMMATIVE These assessments need to show what students know and are able to do as related to the broader goals
LEARNING GOALSAND OUTCOMES What is required from the Materials Development Rubric? Learning outcomes describe measureable geoscience literacy goals Instructions and/or rubrics provide guidance for how students meet learning goals Learning outcomes and goals are appropriate for the intended use of the course/module Learning outcomes and goals are clearly stated for each module in language suitable for the level of the students Learning outcomes and goals address the process and nature of science and development of scientific habits of mind Must score 13/15 on this section
ASSESSMENTSAND MEASUREMENTS What is required from the Materials Development Rubric? Assessments measure the learning goals Assessments are criterion referenced Assessments are consistent with course activities and resources expected Assessments are sequenced, varied and appropriate to the content Assessments address goals at successively higher cognitive levels Must score 13/15 on this section
WHATARE SCORING RUBRICS? Scoring rubrics are descriptive scoring schemes used to evaluate effort Two Major Types Holistic: set of descriptions used to assign a score to the whole Analytic: Set of components that are independently evaluated (sum for score)
HOLISTIC EXAMPLE Outcome: Students will demonstrate the ability to properly process and interpret data 0 1 2 3 4 Unacceptable Poor Acceptable Good/Solid Exemplary Score Student unable to process or interpret data sets without significant errors. Student processes and interprets data sets with significant errors. Student processes and interprets data sets with some errors. Student properly processes and interprets each data set. Student processes and interprets data sets with only minor errors.
ANALYTICAL EXAMPLE Outcome: Material developers will demonstrate the ability to incorporate GETSI Guiding Principles in their curriculum
DESIGNING RUBRICS Determine the most important attributes needed to evaluate the Learning Outcome Decide analytic or holistic Define levels Needs Work Part Way There Success
GOOD RUBRICS Have clear criteria Each criteria is distinct, clearly delineated and fully appropriate for the outcome Have distinctive levels Each level is distinct and progresses in a clear and logical order Can be used reliably by multiple raters Provide guidance to learners Rubric serves as primary reference point for discussion and guidance as well as evaluation of assignment(s) Support Metacognition Rubric is regularly referenced and used to help learners identify the skills and knowledge they are developing throughout the program
FOLLOWUPWORKBEFORE FEBRUARY 9 Review the Information for Team Members, page and bring additional questions to the February In-person Workshop Review the meeting agenda Bring/email the signed Author Agreement paperwork that you received via email.
