Understanding What Our Geoscience Students Are Learning: Observing and Assessing
Find activities for evaluating student learning, information on how to use different assessment methods in different learning environments, and information or researching teaching and learning.
In 2005, Workshop on Student Learning: Observing and Assessing met at Carleton College to discuss assessing student learning. See the workshop synthesis. These pages grew out of the activities of the workshop.
Assessment Tools and Techniques
- Find information and examples of assessment tools and techniques. Also find information specifically on assessing students in large classes and using technology to assist in assessment.
Assessment in Geoscience Classes
- Find information specifically on assessing geoscience concepts, skills and attitudes. See how other geoscience instructors have assessed students. This link lists geoscience assessments by topic and skill.
- Learn how to incorporate assessment in to the design of a course through the On-line Course Design Tutorial.
Learn more about Assessment, Observation, and Educational Research
- Learn about cognitive theory and the links to learning from the 2002 workshop, Bringing Research on Learning to the Geosciences.
- Learn more about Classroom Educational Research. This link takes you to a step by step guide to conducting classroom educational research.
- Search our Browseable Collection of Assessment Information and Activities. This information may be searched by terms such as learning environment and assessment topic.
- See the Essays written by participants of the 2005 On the Cutting Edge Workshop.
Participate in the Community
- See a list of researcher's websites who are involved in observing and assessing student learning in the geosciences.
- Contribute an Assessment Activity or Resource
- Join the Observing and Assessing Listserv
- View the Listserv Archive
