Constructing Exams and Tests

• Test Construction - Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey

  Tips on constructing multiple choice questions, essay items, and short-answer items. Some examples (of what not to do) are provided.

  http://cte.umdnj.edu/student_evaluation/evaluation_constructing.cfm

• Testing, Evaluating Students - Center for Teaching and Learning, Stanford University

  Discusses the different considerations when making a test, including choosing the format, writing questions, and grading

  http://ctl.stanford.edu/handbook/testing.html

Learner Centred Assessment

• Learner-Centred Assessment (PDF)

  Paper presented at the Second International Forum on Education Reform: Key Factors for Implementation by Geoff N. Masters, Australian Council for Educational Research

  http://www.worldedreform.com/intercon2/f4.pdf

Peer Review of Teaching

• Peer Review of Teaching Project - University of Nebraska, Lincoln

  Provides a sample of documents used in peer review, portfolio examples, a description of the peer consultation process, a newsletter and links to additional resources.

  http://www.courseportfolio.org/peer/pages/index.jsp

• Peer Evaluation of Teaching - Flinders University

  Intended to help instructors clarify their purposes for participating in peer review of teaching

  http://www.flinders.edu.au/teaching/quality/evaluation/peer-review/peer-review_home.cfm

• Peer Review of Teaching for Promotion Purposes - Australian Learning and Teaching Council

  An excellent site with resources that can be used and modified by your department/institution. The focus is on summative peer review, but many resources are highly suitable for formative review.

  http://www.adelaide.edu.au/clpd/peerreview/

• The Teaching and Learning Office - Ryerson University

  Terrific list of links to other resources.

  http://www.ryerson.ca/lt/resources/teachingstrategies/peerevaluation/

Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition

• Prior Learning Assessment Resources - Canadian Association for Prior Learning Assessment (CAPLA)

  Selected resources, with a Canadian focus, related to Prior Learning Assessment (PLA).

  http://www.capla.ca/Resources.php

Rubrics

• Creating Rubrics: Tools You Can Use - Linda Starr, Education World

  Explains how rubrics can guide students and support instructor assessments. Included: Three online tools for creating rubrics.

  http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr248.shtml

• Rubrics and Rubric Makers - teAchnology

  A wealth of rubric tools – easy to customize and practical.

  http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/

• Teacher Helpers: Assessment & Rubric Information - Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

  Explore for a wide range of example rubrics and how to articles.

  http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/assess.html

Self Evaluation of Teaching

• Self-Evaluation - Monash University

  Tools to use and questions to pose in the self-evaluation of teaching.

  http://www.opq.monash.edu.au/mqu/evaluations/self-evaluation.html

• Peer Observation of Teaching - University College of Dublin

  Presents techniques for self-evaluation of teaching

  http://www.ucd.ie/teaching/academicdevelopment/peerobservationofteaching/

Student Evaluation of Teaching

• Some Resources on Student Evaluation of Teaching - Russell A. Hunt, St. Thomas University

  List of books and articles (last updated December 2002) about student evaluations of teaching.

  http://www.stu.ca/~hunt/evalbib.htm

• Student Evaluation of Teaching: Methodological Critique - Robert Sproule

  This paper outlines two arguments that “challenge those who would advocate a continuation of the exclusive use of raw SET data in the determination of ‘teaching effectiveness’ in the ’summative” function’”. The paper also seeks to answer the question: “In the face of such challenges, why do university administrators continue to use these data exclusively in the determination of ‘teaching effectiveness’?”

  http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/441

Teaching Goals Inventory

• Teaching Goals Inventory - Centre for Teaching, University of Iowa

  Take the Teaching Goals Inventory online and automatically see your scores.

  http://fm.iowa.uiowa.edu/fmi/xsl/tgi/data_entry.xsl?-db=tgi_data&-lay=Layout01&-view

Teaching Portfolio

The terms teaching portfolio and teaching dossier can be used interchangeably.

• electronicportfolios.org - Dr. Helen Barrett

  Dr. Helen Barrett, internationally-known expert on Electronic Portfolio Development, has a wealth of information on her site.

  http://electronicportfolios.org/

• Guideline on Compiling a Teaching Dossier - University of Calgary

  Teaching Portfolio Sources General information only how to prepare, organize and the material to include in a portfolio.

  http://web.ucalgary.ca/humanities/node/97/

• Portfolio Resources - Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, University of British Columbia

  See the Course Portfolio section for an extensive list of questions to guide faculty in creating their own teaching portfolio.

  http://ctlt.sites.olt.ubc.ca/resources/portfolios/

• The Teaching Portfolio - Eileen M. Herteis, Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Effectiveness, University of Saskatchewan

  Guidelines on how to develop a dossier and samples of components of teaching portfolios.

  http://www.usask.ca/gmcte/drupal/?q=node/183