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Authentic assessmentof core concepts

• Jon Mueller
• Professor of Psychology
• North Central College
• http//jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu

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Types of Assessment

• Authentic Assessment
• Performing real-world tasks
• Traditional Assessment
• Selecting a response on a test

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Types of Authentic Assessment

• Constructed-response items
• Products
• Performances

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4 steps of Authentic Assessment

• Identify the outcomes
• Select an authentic task
• Identify the criteria
• Create a rubric

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Step 1 Identify an Outcome

• Select Core Concept(s)
• Not currently assessing
• 6-15 course outcomes
• 2-5 process outcomes
• Sample course outcomes?
• Google syllabus outcomes cost accounting

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Step 2 Select an authentic task

• E.g., Constructed-response items
• Make thinking visible
• Core Concepts skill development
• Requires lots of practice
• Constructed-response tasks

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Skill Development

• Instruction/modeling
• Practice
• Feedback
• Reflection

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Example Scientific Thinking

• Ex Correlation/Causation
• Informal discussion
• Formative assessments
• Brief assignments
• () / (-) grading
• Summative assessments
• Paper
• Department exam
• Rubrics

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Create a task

• Select a Core Concept
• Where would they ever use this knowledge or
  skills?
• Real world contexts?

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Example

• Demonstrate information literacy
• Want to read a critique of a candidates views
  where would you find it?
• Embed questions in assignment which asks students
  to describe
• How they found sources
• How they evaluated accuracy, relevancy, currency,
  bias of sources

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Step 3 Identify the Criteria

• Characteristics of good performance
• Examples from your tasks
• What makes a good persuasive essay?
• A good McDonalds employee?
• Your task

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Step 4 Create a rubric

• Criteria Levels of Performance
• Examples from Toolbox site
• Media critique
• Do lunch well
• Your task

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Questions?

• Bonus! Jon Mueller at jfmueller_at_noctrl.edu
• Slides
• http//jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/rooseve
  lt.ppt
• Good luck!