Problem Based Learning (PBL) - Assessment
| Do as I Say, Not as I Do? Student Assessment in Problem Based Learning: Student Assessment in Problem-based Learning - an article from Indiana. | An excellent article, and includes "Suggestions for Aligning
PBL Instruction and Assessment:" * Stress that students are professionals in the field in which the ill-structured problem exists and assess them as if you were their supervisor * If instruction is problem-based, assessment should be similarly structured * Provide reasonable guidelines regarding your expectations for the students * Don't hold off on assessment until the end of the activity or unit; model real-world behavior, in which ongoing assessment occurs. |
| What is the function of assessment in project-based learning (PBL)? | A list of roles assessment plays in the classroom. |
| Assessment, from a private Site (many ads - but the material is good). | There are good links, such as: * Stages: three big stages in project-based learning: BEFORE, DURING, AFTER * Self-assessment * Self-assessment High Performance * Rubrics |
| Using Bloom's Taxonomy in Assignment Design [for Writing], from University of Maryland University College. | "The chart... arranges Bloom's levels of cognitive activity in a grid moving (left to right) from simple to complex, and it lists a number of verbs describing its activities for each mode of thinking." |
