UIS - Authentic Assessment
Ray Schroeder
UIS Online AVC
First: A word about presentation format. For the past dozen years, we have been "power-point-less" at the UIS Center for Online Learning, Research and Service. Rather than using a static, aging format, we prefer to create Web pages for our presentations to assure that they are easily accessible, updatable, and always available. The intent is that this will serve as a reference meta-site for you on the topic.
Authentic Assessment
Authentic assessment is the idea of using creative learning experiences to test students’ skills and knowledge in realistic situations. Authentic assessment measures students’ success in a way that’s relevant to the skills required of them once they’ve finished your course or degree program. In this article, we’ll discuss the benefits and challenges of this type of assessment and how you can incorporate authentic assessment in your online course. https://ctl.wiley.com/authentic-assessment-in-the-online-classroom/
Wiggins (1998) identifies a few key criteria:
It’s realistic.
It requires judgement and innovation.
It asks the student to “do” the subject.
It replicates or simulates the contexts in which adults are “tested” in the workplace, in civic life, and in personal life.
It assesses the student’s ability to efficiently and effectively use a repertoire of knowledge and skill to negotiate a complex task.
It allows appropriate opportunities to rehearse, practice, consult resources, and get feedback on and refine performances and products.
https://ctl.wiley.com/authentic-assessment-in-the-online-classroom/
It begins with the ending...
Before you decide exactly what you're going to do with them, if you achieve your objective, what does it look like? What's the evidence that they got it? What's the evidence that they can now do it, whatever the "it" is? So you have to think about how it's going to end up, what it's going to look like. And then that ripples back into your design, what activities will get you there. What teaching moves will get you there? (Wiggins)
This student portfolio on classroom assessment techniques includes a valuable graphic enumerating many characteristics and benefits of authentic assessment.
Vaccinate Against Cheating With Authentic Assessment
University faculty members are discovering that students are using the internet to cheat on exams. Online sites sell test questions, answer keys, term papers and other assessments to students. There is a cure for this.
By Ray Schroeder February 26, 2021
Some Useful Readings
27 Characteristics of Authentic Assessment - Grant Wiggins
https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/27-characteristics-of-authentic-assessment/
Remote Teaching Tip: Authentic Assessment - Carrie Levin, COLRS blog
http://blogs.uis.edu/colrs/2020/04/16/authentic-assessment/
Authentic Assessment - the PL (personal learning) Toolbox
https://www.thepltoolbox.com/authenticassessment.html
Authentic Assessment in the Online Classroom - Wiley
https://ctl.wiley.com/authentic-assessment-in-the-online-classroom/
The Case for Authentic Assessments - University of Delaware
https://ctal.udel.edu/resources/the-case-for-authentic-assessment/
Authentic Assessment in the Arts - Studio to School
http://www.studiotoschool.org/info-for-grantees/project-evaluation-worksheets-2/authentic-arts-assessment/
Authentic Assessment of Teaching in Context - Science Direct
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0742051X00000159?via%3Dihub
Of possible interest... free workshop
BEYOND MULTIPLE CHOICE:
Assessment Challenges of Our New Decade
Meghan Kessler - Teacher Education authentic assessment
-- presenting examples of six of the key characteristics of authentic assessment from actual classes
Layne Morsch - Chemistry alternative assessment
1. Video Exam Problems
Midterm Instructions
To complete the midterm exam, there will be two sections. The Canvas questions section which will be timed. You will have 60 minutes to complete the exam from the time that you begin. It must be completed at one time. Questions will be shown to you one at a time and you will not be allowed to go back to previous questions, so don't skip any questions.
The videos can be sent through canvas messages/email. You can either attach the files or send links based on how you sent me videos previously. I have decided not to allow uploading of the videos in the actual midterm because I don't want the time delay that it can take to upload files to cause problems with getting your Canvas exam uploaded within the time limit.
I will release the video question on Sunday morning so you can work on preparing your videos.
The exam will be available for Sunday and Monday, so you can each choose which day works best for your schedule.
The exam consists of 81 points for the Canvas questions and 20 points for the video problems (5 points each). It is graded out of 100, so there is 1 bonus point.
Midterm Video Problems
There are 4 problems for you to solve and submit videos for the midterm exam. It will probably be easier for you to save them as 4 different files and then send all 4 of them to me in Canvas mail. If you can't attach all 4 to a single message, you can send me multiple messages.
Video Question 1:
For the following reaction:
a-Identify the acid and base.
b-Draw and identify the conjugate acid and conjugate base.
c-Give the approximate pKa of the acid and conjugate acid.
d-State whether the reaction will proceed more toward reactants or toward products.
2. Video Laboratory Experiment Demonstration
Student Instructions for the TLC
This will be a video that is created individually in lab. It is required that you set up and document individually all the steps to successfully run a Thin Layer Chromatography experiment. Plan your script before you come to lab, so you are prepared. Your lab partner will record you and you will record your lab partner. Many students do the recording on their phone but many also do the recording on tablets or other devices.
(Remember to narrate, describe what you are doing):
State your name at the beginning of the video.
Your face and hands must be shown at some point during the video.
Mark your TLC plate.
Spot your TLC plate, check capillary for jagged edges, show your capillary drawing liquid up from the sample and the TLC plate as sample is being applied.
Prepare your developing jar/chamber.
Place your TLC plate in the jar/chamber.
Remove your TLC plate once eluted about 80%.
Mark the solvent front.
Show TLC under UV light.
Measure TLC plate for Rf calculation.
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University of Illinois Springfield
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