Multiple opportunities for feedback on students’ learning progress are provided throughout a course so students have sufficient time to practice, reflect on the results and incorporate previous feedback
Students benefit from multiple and different opportunities (graded or ungraded) to demonstrate their learning and to receive feedback. Assessments are one more way to provide practice opportunities essential for learning
Examples:
Online Resource Project (Interview with Dr. Patti Dyjur)
Ongoing Assessments in Music Theory (Interview with Dr. Joelle Welling)
Scaffolded Writing Assignments (Interview with Dr. Annette Tezli)
Online Assessment of Research Projects (Interview with Dr. Barbara Brown)
Literature:
Peer Learning and Assessment: David Boud, Ruth Cohen and Jane Sampson
Conditions under which assessment supports students’ learning : Graham Gibbs and Claire Simposon (2004)
Assessment and grading at the University of Alberta: policies, practices, and possibilities: Robert W. Luth (2010)
