Classroom assessment techniques (CATs) General Resource - Review and consider possibilities
Last updated on 25/02/2020
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Description
Classroom assessment techniques (CATs) are short active learning activities you can use to get feedback on your students' learning and on your teaching.
Overview
CATs allow you to evaluate students':
- knowledge and skills, e.g. prior knowledge, recall, understanding, critical thinking, synthesis, creative thinking, problem-solving and application of knowledge
- attitudes, values, meta-cognition
- study and time management strategies
CATs also enable students to give you feedback on your teaching.
Commonly used CATs include:
- Muddiest point
- One minute paper
- Think Pair Share
- Jigsaw
- Concept mapping
- Pros and cons grid
Support Resources
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Classroom Assessment Techniques
British Columbia Institute of Technology (2010) (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
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50 Classroom Assessment Techniques
Center for Learning and Teaching (CLT) Binghamton University (2015)
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Partnership-Based Learning (P1). Getting Started with VLE tools and the Course Design Standards.
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Preferred Citation
(2020). Classroom assessment techniques (CATs). Retrieved from https://app.secure.griffith.edu.au/exlnt/entry/8428/view