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Video for assessment

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I have always believed that assessment should be primarily for the benefit of the student, not the teacher. I concede that teachers need to know how their students are progressing, and this is very much a part of the assessment process. However, assessment of learning is not as important as assessment for learning.

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How to Create Effective Test Questions

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Since online learning often separates teachers from learners across time and distance, we rely on evaluations – in the form of tests, quizzes and assessments – to judge each student’s successful comprehension of the content (and to judge how well the course designers presented their information). But what makes a good test question?

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How to Make Sure Your Course Meets Its Learning Objectives

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Scientists, economists, accountants, and mathematicians all have one thing in common: they all deal in “absolutes.” ” They follow rules, theories, or laws governing the objectives they espouse, and they measure the outcomes of their efforts against those objectives. Tying Course Elements to Learning Objectives.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Another take on Cognitive Load Theory

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Wednesday, April 18, 2007 Another take on Cognitive Load Theory The authors of the Eide Neurolearning Blog weigh in on recent research and articles on cognitive load (including the death of Powerpoint that have been talked about here ). Bob Mosher: Performance Support and Learning at th. United States License. Template by Tina Chen.

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Self fulfilling prophecies

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This is number 36 in my continuing series of blog posts about learning theories. Psychology has contributed much to our understanding of how people learn, and listed alphabetically below are all of the previous theories I have featured in this series. Bandura Social Learning Theory 4. Bruner Scaffolding Theory 5.

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Personalised learning

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This model patently doesn't work, because it fails to take into account the variations in performance and ability within year groups. It may also be premised on faulty assessment methods. Standardised assessment militates against personalised learning too. et al (2007) Personalised Learning: Ambiguities in Theory and Practice.

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The games we play

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Gee provides several principles that together constitute a games based learning theory. Next time, they improve their performance and avoid the same errors. Photo by Steve Wheeler The games we play by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Gamers can make mistakes and learn from them.

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