Faculty Inquiry Toolkit » Performance Assessment

Classroom Research (“Some Complicating Evidence”)

Molly Breen — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:53:56 +0000

adapted from, “Asking Their Own Questions: Some ESL Students Take Chare of Their Reading,” Annie Agard (Laney College)

In this presentation, Annie Agard presents a whole range of evidence gathered from her ESL classes. In this PowerPoint presentation, Agard shares many different findings from her classroom research on her ESL. class. The evidence is not only useful for ESL teachers but as a model of going public with classroom research.

The evidence covers many different kinds of methods for gathering student performance data, such as through pre/post data.

Some of her evidence is based on student attitudes and perspectives.

One of the consequences of her classroom research is the ways that she discovers “complicating evidence” from her students. One example of this is her analysis of perforamance and atittudes related to group work, where she discovered in part that some students who performed better through group work actually prefered working alone.

Rubrics for Writing

Molly Breen — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:29:32 +0000

from The Power of the Pursuit, Suzanne Crawford, Lydia Alvarez, and Lynn Serwin (Cerritos College)

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adapted from “Sample Rubrics for Writing Assignments,” by Lynn Serwin

The rubrics below can be modified for any assignment. I used them for the types of assignments listed, but they can be used for anything. The rubrics for adding details and for the writing process are generic and can be used with any assignment.

Each heading on the page links to a pdf for that rubric. Rubrics in clude:

Summary paragraph rubric
Example paragraph rubric
Example essay rubric
Problem solving essay rubric
Persuasive essay rubric
Rubrics for Including Engaging Details
Rubric for the Writing Process

Students Presentations as a Source of Evidence

Molly Breen — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:23:17 +0000

Pat Wagener (Los Medanos): “Can Problem Solving Become a Habit of Mind”

Pat Wagener says:

Throughout the semester, my students were expected to present their solution of an application problem to the class. They were directed to make their knowledge visible so anyone who viewed their solution would clearly understand their thinking.

One principle benefit was to view the students’ understanding and implementation of a Problem Solving Process (PSP), as well as the gaps in their understanding of the PSP.

Follow this link to see four slide shows of student work, with my written comments on their “Habit of Mind” and the use of a PSP.

Adapted from Pat Wagener (Los Medanos): “Can Problem Solving Become a Habit of Mind”