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Developing effective assessments

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Developing effective assessments

- [Instructor] So you're at the end of your journey, right? Learners are learning, instructors are instructing. All is well. But wait, not so fast. You have to actually figure out if and what your learners are learning and if your teaching is effective in making an impact. Let's talk about assessing your learners' learning. There are many ways to do so, and the more you vary your types of assessments the more you broaden the type of learners you will poise for success, and deepen your own understanding of your learners' progress. There are two different types of assessments to consider. First is informal. This can include quick assessments that are not graded. Instead, these are touch points for you to get an understanding of where your learners are at and the best way to instruct them moving forward. You can ask to write a one-minute paper, respond to a reflection question, or create their own test questions. Formal assessments are quizzes, tests and projects. Really anything being…

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