Teaching, Learning & Assessment

Learning Assessment Techniques

Learning Assessment Techniques by Elizabeth Barkley and Claire Major

Available as an ebook for the CSUMB Community

Learning Assessment Techniques

Do you want to

  • Provide evidence of your teaching effectiveness for promotion and tenure review?
  • Efficiently collect solid learning outcomes data for institutional assessment?
  • Gather information that can help make grading more systematic and streamlined?
  • Promote active learning in ways that readily integrate assessment?

Each technique features: purpose and use, key learning goals, step-by-step implementation, online adaptation, analysis and reporting, concrete examples in both on-site and online environments, and key references—all in an easy-to-follow format. The book includes an all-new Learning Goals Inventory, as well as more than 35 customizable assessment rubrics, to help teachers determine significant learning goals and appropriate techniques. Readers will also gain access to downloadable supplements, including a worksheet to guide teachers through the six steps of the Learning Assessment Techniques planning and implementation cycle.

College teachers today are under increased pressure to teach effectively and provide evidence of what, and how well, students are learning. An invaluable asset for college teachers of any subject, Learning Assessment Techniques provides a practical framework for seamlessly integrating teaching, learning, and assessment.