Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) -- University of Michigan
Teaching Strategies: Classroom Assessment Technique (CATs)
Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) allow instructors to monitor students’ progress throughout the term. CATs help answer the questions, “What are my students learning? How effectively am I teaching?” The articles and links in this section provide comprehensive information about CATs, including their purpose and their use across disciplines.
Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs): An Introduction
http://www.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/pdf/Classroom_Assessment_Techniques_Intro.pdf
Detailed Descriptions with Disciplinary Examples of Selected CATs
http://www.siue.edu/~deder/assess/catmain.html
Resources:
Assessment of Teaching & Learning
http://www.usc.edu/programs/cet/resources/assessment/
Improving Your Teaching: Obtaining Feedback (Adapted from Black, 2000)
http://www.crlt.umich.edu/gsis/P8_1.html
Astin, A., et al., (1996). "American association for higher education principles of good practice for assessing student learning."
http://www.oir.csus.edu/WASC/Resources/NinePrinciples_StudentLearning.pdf
Dickinson, D. (1995, September). "Assessment terminology: A glossary of useful terms. New Horizons for Learning."
http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/assess/terminology.htm
Using
Midterm Evaluations and Other Sources of Student Feedback on Teaching (Michele
Marincovich)
http://ctl.stanford.edu/Tomprof/postings/313.html
Midterm Student Feedback Service at CRLT
http://www.crlt.umich.edu/gsis/gsimsf.html
Small Group Instructional Diagnosis (Tom Creed)
http://www.ntlf.com/html/pi/9705/sgid.htm