Geo-Savvy Assessment

Kathleen Nicoll

University of Utah

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This review took place as a part of a faculty professional development workshop where groups of faculty reviewed each others' activities and offered feedback and ideas for improvements. To learn more about the process On the Cutting Edge uses for activity review, see http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/review.html.

This page first made public: May 2, 2008

Summary

I use this "landscape interpretation" exercise to assess what students know coming into my classroom - so that I can pitch the lecture at the right level. I also use a similar structured assessment at the end of the course to evaluate individual learning outcomes.

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Context

Audience

General Education class in Geomorphology

Skills and concepts that students must have mastered

writing, observation

How the activity is situated in the course

Intro Assessment (and exit assessment)
Students do the homework on their own, and then I go over it in class. I use the exercise as an icebreaker, and to engage the student input