Examples

 Assessment

 Evaluation

A faculty member provides feedback to a student regarding performance on an examination. The student uses that feedback to study differently in order to improve learning and performance.

A faculty member corrects an examination and assigns a grade of 82% to a student.

A team of faculty members analyzes examination results of all students in a course and discovers that 65% of the students did not demonstrate understanding of an important concept. Faculty members investigate possible causes and plan changes in teaching/learning strategies to improve student understanding.

Pop quizzes are given in a class to determine if students have read sections of the text that cover important concepts. Simple Pass/Fail grades are assigned and tallied at the end of the quarter. The quizzes count for 5% of the total course grade.

A student delivers an oral presentation in class. The faculty member provides a critique of delivery and content so that improvements may be made in the student’s subsequent presentations.

A student delivers an oral presentation in class. The faculty member provides a critique of delivery and content accompanied by a grade for the assignment.

A faculty member analyzes the results of oral communication checklists completed for all students in the course section who delivered oral presentations in class in order to determine opportunities for improving teaching and learning.

An Allied Health faculty member uses a rating scale to assign numbers (1-4) that indicate the level of achievement of clinical criteria based on observation of a student’s performance of patient care.

The class attendance record indicates that a student has been absent multiple times. The faculty member advises the student in order to facilitate improved attendance, as studies suggest that regular class attendance contributes to student success.

Points are deducted from a student’s grade for each class absence in accordance with a department policy.

Students are videotaped interacting with the children in the Early Childhood Education Centers. They view their videotapes and develop self-assessment narratives in which they describe and evaluate their performances. They then develop specific plans for improvement.

Students are videotaped interacting with children in the Early Childhood Education Centers. A faculty member evaluates each videotaped performance based upon course criteria and assigns a letter grade.

A student reads another student’s essay and gives feedback on the content and correctness of the essay as a way to improve the writing.

A faculty member reviews a student peer reader’s feedback and assigns a point value to the documentation to indicate satisfactory completion of the assignment.